Posted on 12/08/2015 7:12:04 AM PST by Kaslin
The "contained" ISIS "jayvee team" has been doing some serious recruiting over the past year. According to a new report, the number of foreign fighters flocking to Iraq and Syria to help fulfill the ISIS caliphate has doubled.
From Libya to Norway, the number of foreign fighters traveling to Syria and Iraq to fight for the Islamic State terrorist group has more than doubled in the last 18 months, according to a new intelligence report released Tuesday, suggesting that efforts to stem the tide of travel in that respect have not been successful.
The Soufan Group's June 2014 assessment estimated that 12,000 people had traveled to Syria to fight for ISIL. In its new report, that number now stands at 27,000 to 31,000 from at least 86 different countries. From Libya, Tunisia and the country of Georgia to Brussels' Molenbeek district, where the architect of the Nov. 13 Paris attacks lived, to Fredrikstad, Norway, the countries of origin run the gamut from traditional terrorist breeding grounds to more recent ones.
According to the report, Tunisians are the most prevalent nationality coming to fight in Syria, at 6,000. Saudi Arabia follows with 2,500, with 2,400 coming from Russia, 2,100 from Turkey and 2,000 from Jordan. On a regional basis, 8,240 came from the Middle East, while 8,000 came from the Maghreb, in North Africa. Third on the list is western Europe, with 5,000, and former Soviet republics, which have drawn approximately 4,700.
The share of foreign fighters from North America has been mostly flat over the last year, while the number of entrants from western Europe has doubled.
Despite ISIS being a major problem since 2013, White House National Security Advisor Susan Rice admitted over the weekend that the Obama administration didn't really start paying attention to the terror army until 2014. Natl. Security Advisor Rice Concedes They Have Only Been "On Top" Of The ISIS Threat Since 2014 Another alarming statistic that keeps coming up is that fact that there are twice as many United Kingdom Muslims fighting for ISIS that there are serving in the British armed forces.
ISIS uses social media as a recruitment tool and to spread propaganda. According to the FBI, more than 200,000 ISIS inspired or directed tweets are sent every day. After the terror attack in San Bernardino last week, President Obama has claimed efforts to combat ISIS overseas and online have been stepped up.
CONTAINED!
And people think Trump is extreme for not wanting them to be able to come back to America and kill us.
The worst part is they will let them all back in afterwards so they can continue with their Jihads inside the complacent countries. (Like they’re going to reform them?)
As David Goldman has pointed out, if played properly, this will be the mideast’s version of the thirty years war. It will wipe out an entire generation of young jihadi men
Just keep them OUT of the USA
I am afraid you are correct.
If you'd like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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Strategically, getting your enemy into a center of gravity. a geopolitical kill box if you will, makes it easier to neutralize them. OIF turned out to be an example- NW IRQ was a target rich environment for the coalition. lots of foreign fighters in the end result. Now, maybe we will be able to reduce 10-20k more if we handle it correctly. Better there than here or EUR. Too bad the people of N IRQ have to bear the results.
>> (Like they’re going to reform them?)
How many of the American McSheeple are even capable of articulating (or willing to articulate) an argument against Sharia Law rooted in the 1st Amendment prohibition against state-establishments... like Sharia Law?
They’re too busy being mesmerized by the idiot box and worrying about who’s winning the NFL Thugfest, American Idolatry, and Dancing with the Perverts in between commercials for Beer, Erectile Dysfunction, Sleeping Pills, and Depends... to be concerned with something so “hateful”.
Under a real president, this would be an opportunity.
Didn't that arrogant pos occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania give them the opportunity to join ISIS?
I meant that it gets them out of the country, puts them in a place where they can be legally killed, and allows them to be arrested if they attempt to re-enter. An opportunity.
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