Posted on 06/30/2017 3:40:05 AM PDT by Mechanicos
A global intelligence and data firm, IHS Markit, said the Islamic State lost more than 60 percent of its territory and 80 percent of its revenue since the terrorist group declared its "caliphate" in Iraq and Syria back in 2014.
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“The Islamic State’s rise and fall has been characterized by rapid inflation, followed by steady decline,” said Columb Strack, senior Middle East analyst at IHS Markit. “Three years after the ‘Caliphate’ was declared, it is evident that the group’s governance project has failed.”
During the second quarter of 2015, the Islamic State was earning an income of $81 million by producing and smuggling oil, as well as taxing people living in the area the group took over as part of its caliphate.
But IHS Markit believes that revenue fell to $16 million during the second quarter of 2017.
The report said the loss in revenue is a result of lost territory due to heavy fighting against U.S. and U.S.-backed Iraqi forces, as well as constant fighting in Syria against the Russian-backed government and anti-government coalition rebels.
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Looking bad financially for the terror types.
....despite Odungo’s $150 billion gift to
Iran?.....in cash...pallets of money...in three different currencies... flown on cargo planes....without Congressional knowledge or approval?
What a difference a leader makes. There is a different outcome when the commander in chief is fighting against the enemy instead of doing everything they can to help and support the enemy for the down fall of America and real Americans. obamma is hard to find in the US these days; subpoena avoiding or is he just hanging out with his mussie homies?
Ever Since Russia started targeting them and their oil tankers heading for Turkey, exposed the US as an ISIS supporter, and helped Assad to retake Aleppo
Thank you for leading the way President Putin
But IHS Markit believes that revenue fell to $16 million during the second quarter of 2017.
Hmmmmm, very curious. Who was in charge of the US policy regarding ISIS in 2015...and who in 2017?
It's a mystery, I tell ya, as to why they are in decline...
“despite Odungo’s $150 billion gift to
Iran?.....in cash...pallets of money...in three different currencies...”
While Obama’s act was, without doubt in my mind, treason, it didn’t help the Islamic State. It was meant to help make Iran a world super power. Iran wants to be the new seat of Islam. Unfortunately for them, so does Turkey. Saudi Arabia is the current leader of Islam as they have the most important religious icons, Mecca and Medina.
The politics of the middle east is spectacularly more complex than what the American media reports. Islam is not one solid monolith. It is fractured into at least a few dozen players. The big dogs are Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Iran. To a lesser extent there is also the comparatively moderate, meaning sane by western standards, leaders of Egypt and Jordan. (If the leaders of the last two are assassinated those countries would likely flip columns in days.)
Obama and Hillary Clinton did a lot of damage to the “moderates” and the west when they took out Kaddafi. Only in absolute chaos can the Islamic State hope to gain ground.
No surprise .
Now place the Muslim brotherhood and Cair
as Terrorist organizations like our allies have done in the Middle east .
What are we waiting for ?
Anyone seen Sessions acting here ?
And remove McCabe now !
At least John McCain still has Lindsey to console him through these hard times,
Because our Terrorist in Chief and his minions are no longer giving them weapons and money?
ISIS is a symptom of the disease.
thats iran i dont know how tied into isis they are.
LOl yeah quite the mystery...
Good post I was thinking the same thing.
The iranians are shia and isis claims to be sunni pretty big difference in their world
The “Arab Spring” was the Muslim Brotherhoods attempt to unseat all the current leaders of the Arab countries (with Obama’s and HilLIARy’s help) and install the Muslim Brotherhood in charge and form the caliphate.
ISIS was just the worst of the worst who could not wait for that process to complete and fought the MB for control.
Sponsor....
I also have seen the Arab Spring as a vehicle for the cabal/deep state to seek wealth and power by destroying country after country or attempting to look what they did in lybia,iraq,syria attmpeted in Egypt and so many others.
The cabal is hell bent on worldwide domination at any cost using tools like hillary or obama.
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