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The High School Student Who Maps ISIS’s Lightning-Quick Advance
Newsweek ^ | 6/13/2015 | Lucy Westcott

Posted on 06/14/2015 12:00:56 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Thomas van Linge’s colorful, detailed maps showing which parties control which parts of Iraq, Libya and Syria are a hit whenever he posts them on Twitter.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: isis; isismap

1 posted on 06/14/2015 12:00:56 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

A map by Thomas Van Linge showing the situation in Syria on June 5, 2015.

2 posted on 06/14/2015 12:15:31 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

More and more, individuals are forced to do the job that the J0urnalism majors refuse to do


3 posted on 06/14/2015 12:16:45 PM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: MinorityRepublican
Well done. Link to map.
4 posted on 06/14/2015 12:19:13 PM PDT by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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To: MinorityRepublican

A map by Thomas Van Linge showing the situation in Syria on June 5, 2015.

5 posted on 06/14/2015 12:20:53 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

How much do we spend on the CIA?


6 posted on 06/14/2015 12:23:16 PM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: Lurker

Tommy boy can you map the U.S. / Mexio ISIS advancemett for us while your’re at it?


7 posted on 06/14/2015 12:36:58 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: MinorityRepublican

Great....newsweak just made him a target.


8 posted on 06/14/2015 12:46:18 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: MinorityRepublican

Can he send a copy to Obama so that Obama will know too?


9 posted on 06/14/2015 12:57:04 PM PDT by lowbridge
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To: MinorityRepublican; All

Pretty good but I like this map better.

You can zoom in and out of it, hover over icons, or click the the posts on the right. Enjoy

http://isis.liveuamap.com/


10 posted on 06/14/2015 1:01:16 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: ealgeone

Not really.


11 posted on 06/14/2015 1:08:38 PM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: Enlightened1

Real cool but it doesnt show other rebels like Nusra Front, FSA, etc.


12 posted on 06/14/2015 3:02:18 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican; Enlightened1

Very interesting/informative. Thanks for posting.


13 posted on 06/14/2015 4:14:07 PM PDT by PGalt
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