The analyst and author Jeff Nyquist asks, “When we learn that a leading commander in ISIL was born in the Soviet Union and trained in Russia, we ought to wonder what is really going on?†Omar al-Shishani, the Russian commander in ISIL (also known as ISIS or the Islamic State), has been reported to be the group’s overall military chief.
We have heard repeatedly about Americans and Europeans fighting for ISIL, but little attention is being devoted to the Russian-speaking foreign fighters that make up the group. Their numbers are estimated at 500 or more. Omar al-Shishani is usually described as a prominent Islamic State fighter who is Chechen. In fact, he was born in the former Soviet republic of Georgia and was trained there.
http://www.aim.org/aim-column/the-russian-roots-of-terrorism/
As Levin said, WWIII is already in progress.
Love your name btw.
I doubt the Russians and their friends will be holding flowers out to them as the IDIOT GERMANS did at the beginning. The reception they get in the ‘stans might be a bit more rancorous.
If America is truly fighting a "war on drugs," why is it that in the 13 years we've been in Afghanistan, no effort has been made to destroy the poppy crops that end up destroying US and European lives?
tactical nukes
go for it Putin ....toast um
Massing? Good. Let the big dog eat.
Understanding Provocation [Provokatsiya]
One of the most powerful tools the Kremlin has in its secret arsenal of Special War is provocation, what they call provokatsiya.
While Moscow cannot claim to have invented this technique, which has existed as long as there have been secret services, there’s no doubt that Russians have perfected the art and taken it to a whole new level of sophistication and deviousness. At times, it can become a strategy all on its own (not always, mind you, with edifying results).
Provokatsiya simply means taking control of your enemies in secret and encouraging them to do things that discredit them and help you. You plant your own agents provocateurs and flip legitimate activists [in this case, dupe actual Jihadis -ETL], turning them to your side.
When you’re dealing with extremists to start with, getting them to do crazy, self-defeating things isn’t often difficult. In some cases, you simply create extremists and terrorists where they don’t exist. This is causing problems in order to solve them, and since the Tsarist period, Russian intelligence has been known to do just that.
While this isn’t a particularly nice technique, it works surprisingly well, particularly if you don’t care about bloody and messy consequences. ..."
http://20committee.com/2014/03/29/understanding-provocation/
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From Aug 23, 2015:
"a recent investigation conducted by Novaya Gazeta, one of the few independent newspapers left in Russia, complicates this cozy tale of counterterrorist cooperation. Based on extensive fieldwork in one village in the North Caucasus, reporter Elena Milashina has concluded that the “Russian special services have controlled†the flow of jihadists into Syria, where they have lately joined up not only with ISIS but other radical Islamist factions.
In other words, Russian officials are adding to the ranks of terrorists which the Russian government has deemed a collective threat to the security and longevity of its dictatorial ally on the Mediterranean, Bashar al-Assad."
It’s now a “jihadi hate group.” Any idea why? Because jihadi doesn’t carry any negative connotation to the press. Therefore, since the press somehow doesn’t approve this action jihadi must be modified with a word they understand is negative. So, now it’s a jihadi “hate” group. I presume when the regular jihadis burn you alive in a cage it’s an act of love.
Jihadi hate group? Not Terrorists?
Looks to me like the massive invasion is of Europe
“Massing” leads me to believe they would be easy targets for Russian aerial strikes.
The term “like shooting fish in a barrel” comes to mind.