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Facing budget crunch, ISIS trims perks, salaries
The Associated Press ^
| 02/21/2016
| Lori Hinnant, Zeina Karam And Susannah George
Posted on 02/21/2016 8:14:41 AM PST by Let's Roll
BEIRUT -- Faced with a cash shortage in its so-called caliphate, the Islamic State group has slashed salaries across the region, asked Raqqa residents to pay utility bills in black market American dollars, and is now releasing detainees for a price of $500 a person.
(Excerpt) Read more at abqjournal.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: airstrikes; isis
What a shame.
To: Let's Roll
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posted on
02/21/2016 8:17:34 AM PST
by
deadrock
(I is someone else.)
To: Let's Roll
To: Let's Roll
Were Karl Rove and Mike Murphy running their budget?
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posted on
02/21/2016 8:18:33 AM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(An orange jumpsuit is the new black pantsuit.)
To: Let's Roll
Russian bombing campaign and occupation of IS-Turkey trade routes having an effect? And why didn’t the US do this?
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posted on
02/21/2016 8:18:39 AM PST
by
ricmc2175
To: Let's Roll
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posted on
02/21/2016 8:19:13 AM PST
by
mazda77
To: Let's Roll
>asked Raqqa residents to pay utility bills
Why has Raqqa not been shut off from food, water and anything else from coming in? Let the captives turn on their captors.
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posted on
02/21/2016 8:22:43 AM PST
by
soycd
To: deadrock
I dont think this will have a big effect on isis members, they are not in this for the money.
To: Let's Roll
A nice ‘thank you’ to Russian pilots...
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posted on
02/21/2016 8:30:41 AM PST
by
GOPJ
("Please explain why Hillary Clinton felt the need to own a private server." H.A. Goodman - Salon)
To: Let's Roll
They should have all been killed by now.
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posted on
02/21/2016 8:36:09 AM PST
by
I want the USA back
(The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
To: Let's Roll
cut-rate terrorism, wonderful...
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posted on
02/21/2016 8:53:10 AM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
To: The Right wing Infidel
Agree. But gasoline and arms cost money and one thing is certain these geniuses aren’t refining, manufacturing their own.
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posted on
02/21/2016 9:48:17 AM PST
by
Let's Roll
(So much left-wing thought is playing with fire by those who don't even know fire is hot - Orwell)
To: Let's Roll
They should stock up on white flags.
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posted on
02/21/2016 10:45:51 AM PST
by
Let's Roll
(So much left-wing thought is playing with fire by those who don't even know fire is hot - Orwell)
To: Let's Roll
An ISIS fighter might bear a lot of hardship, but cutting out the SNICKERS bars is JUST TO MUCH to expect!
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posted on
02/21/2016 6:32:34 PM PST
by
Enterprise
("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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