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The Merger of ISIS and al-Qaeda Could Cripple the Civilized World
The Fiscal Times ^ | October 10, 2014 | BY RIYADH MOHAMMED

Posted on 10/11/2014 12:51:25 PM PDT by Jim Robinson

As ISIS continues to advance on the Syrian town of Kobani and close in on Turkey’s border, experts in Islamic radical movements think the terror group may merge with its al-Qaeda mother organization soon. Together, the group would represent the greatest terror threat to the civilized world.

“I think Britain, Germany and France will witness significant attacks in their territories by the Islamic State. Al-Baghdadi [the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, otherwise known as ISIS] may reconcile with al-Zawhiri [the leader of the al-Qaeda central organization] to fight the crusader enemy. The attacks by the United States and her allies will unite the two groups,” said Hisham al-Hashimi, an Iraqi researcher who just finished writing a book about ISIS based on his unique access to the organization’s documents and years of research and advising Iraqi security forces. al-Zawahiri

“I have been monitoring al-Qaeda’s leaders’ rhetoric towards Baghdadi. They are getting softer and softer….The Islamic State, regardless of how big or small it becomes, will come back to its mother: al-Qaeda,” he added.

The break between the Islamic State and al-Qaeda ISIS and al-Qaeda have a long, tangled history with one another. ISIS was the al-Qaeda official branch in Iraq until last February. However, they finally split after disagreements over operations in Syria.

The recent US intervention in the region along with the new US-led airstrike campaign against ISIS has actually forced the two groups to renew negotiations. For example, recent reports suggested that ISIS and al-Nusra Front are together planning the war against...

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; alqaedaontherun; alqaedaspring; isis; islam; obama; obamaforeignpolicy; obamalegacy
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...the US-led alliance. The al-Qaeda affiliated Khorasan group in Syria that was also targeted in the recent air attacks declared a few days ago in an audio message that it had joined ISIS. Add to that the Taliban in Pakistan who are hopping on board the ISIS train and you have a potential jihadi World War III...
1 posted on 10/11/2014 12:51:25 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
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To: Jim Robinson

And does the world believe the Obama is the right person to lead the fight against ISIS/al-Qaeda?


2 posted on 10/11/2014 12:53:43 PM PDT by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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pResident Obama says we’re not at war with Islam, but Islam is definitely at war with us. Someone had better wake Obama the hell up.


3 posted on 10/11/2014 12:53:55 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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....”you have a potential jihadi World War III”...

Looks to me like it's more than a potential forming up there. ..and moving rapidly to do so. Add to that all the derelicts from outside those folds and you have the makings pretty much set and ready....just a matter of time.

4 posted on 10/11/2014 12:54:06 PM PDT by caww
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To: Jim Robinson

I can’t say what needs to be said.


5 posted on 10/11/2014 12:54:41 PM PDT by Eddie01 (Liberals lie about everything all the time.)
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To: Jim Robinson
The Merger of ISIS and al-Qaeda

Happened as the first bomb was dropped


6 posted on 10/11/2014 12:55:46 PM PDT by darkwing104 (Forgive but don't forget)
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To: Jim Robinson

BTW...why isn’t there any outcry from anyone in Congress but precious few? Many there do understand this threat so why sit on their hands?


7 posted on 10/11/2014 12:56:10 PM PDT by caww
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To: Jim Robinson

Obama’s legacy.


8 posted on 10/11/2014 12:56:19 PM PDT by South40 (Hillary Clinton was a "great secretary of state". - Texas Governor Rick Perry)
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9 posted on 10/11/2014 12:57:29 PM PDT by RedMDer (May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
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To: Jim Robinson

ISIS and al-Qaeda combining would, indeed, be bad.
Would it cripple the civilized world. Only if the Liberals and the PC-ers keep us from stopping it.
What is needed it the determination to just annihilate them without mercy. ISIS is a plague on civilization and needs to be eradicated. No mercy and no survivors.
The Imperial One will never allow us to be successful in wiping out this plague.


10 posted on 10/11/2014 12:58:21 PM PDT by BuffaloJack (Bomb ISIS; bomb them again; bomb them again; kill all survivors; take no prisoners.)
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The USA air attacks are harmless.....fact is: Obama is one of them....the Muslim Brotherhood/ISIS/Hamas/Al Qaeda/Taliban!!!! American voters need to wake up very fast and destroy the entire Democrat Party, politically, come election day, November 4, 2014!!! Do it...our great country is at stake!!!


11 posted on 10/11/2014 12:58:47 PM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX ( My only objective is to defeat and destroy Obama & his Democrat Party, politically!!!.)
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Evil3?
12 posted on 10/11/2014 12:59:46 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: Cowboy Bob

The world has been dependent on US leadership...Obama said ‘not me’.


13 posted on 10/11/2014 12:59:50 PM PDT by caww
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To: Jim Robinson
ISIS and ISIL are living on borrowed time. They know that and will wreak as much havoc on the world until it's their time to die. "Let slip the dogs of WAR!!!"

They don't live in a vacuum. Soon enough they will drop out, disappear, die in the field, get too injured to fight, get too old to fight, get TIRED of fighting, cave into their families' pressure

or

come to the USA, compliments of Obama, our pimprez.

14 posted on 10/11/2014 1:00:18 PM PDT by cloudmountain
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Al-Qaeda, ISIS, ISIL, Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood, Black Panthers, New Black Panthers, Acorn, Alinsky Organizers.

Different colors of the same Rat.

15 posted on 10/11/2014 1:01:03 PM PDT by Slyfox (Satan's goal is to rub out the image of God he sees in the face of every human.)
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That should make Obama very happy.


16 posted on 10/11/2014 1:01:19 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Jim Robinson

I do not believe the destruction of Isreal will ever happen; the Rapture will occur first and God will intervene to defeat Islam......


17 posted on 10/11/2014 1:04:53 PM PDT by rxtn41
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To: Jim Robinson

They are one and the same.


18 posted on 10/11/2014 1:05:25 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: caww

“BTW...why isn’t there any outcry from anyone in Congress but precious few? Many there do understand this threat so why sit on their hands?”

Because the Anerican people aren’t ready yet. There will have to be another Pearl Harbor or 9/11 before the American people wake up and thereby get in the right frame of mind for an all out war.


19 posted on 10/11/2014 1:05:28 PM PDT by snoringbear (E.oGovernment is the Pimp,)
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To: JLAGRAYFOX

I’ve been saying since day one that this punk in the White house is a radical Muslim, his very first day in office Jan. 20th 2009 he tried to close Gitmo. His #1 priority above EVERYTHING ELSE was to his Islamo-Nazi brothers as soon as he stepped into that Oval office, and he’s done nothing else BUT that. How much more evidence do people need? The Democrat in all their idiocy put THE ENEMY in the nations highest office!!! And Congress KNOWS it and they do nothing! They are beyond contempt. Just wait till after the midterms, he is going to immediately stop whatever little “airstrikes” he is doing.

Look at this post Great Van Susteren made on Facebook:

Greta Van Susteren
4 hours ago

Just asking …. (and if you don’t have an answer, we are in big trouble!) If you do NOT have an answer, then PLEASE SHARE this posting so we can see if anyone can answer this.


Here is what I know that has happened since we started the airstrikes:

1/ ISIS is taking over Kobani — a Syrian town near border of Turkey - and this is huge!

2/ ISIS has also taken over control of the crossing between Kobani and Turkey meaning the civilians of Kobani can not escape and no supplies can get in to help them - and this is terrible!

3/ Anbar, Iraq’s largest province, is, in the words of the Pentagon ‘in flux’ [which I believe to be code for falling to ISIS]

4/ ISIS is 8 miles outside Baghdad [two weeks ago it was about 50 miles — so this is big ISIS progress]

5/ ISIS is armed with ‘shoulder to air missiles’ and knows how to use them [in the last few days have taken down two Iraqi helicopters] - that means the skies are not safe.

In short — ISIS is GAINING ground and control.

So tell me…what are the SIGNS that the AIRSTRIKES ARE WORKING?


20 posted on 10/11/2014 1:06:27 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Obama Will Say 'War on Women' But Not 'War on ISIS)
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