Islamic State claims to have executed 200 Syrian troops, shot down a helicopter in Iraq - Polidicks

[QUOTE]THE Islamic State has released pictures it claims shows the execution of 200 Syrian soldiers after the capture of a key military air base earlier this week. The unconfirmed reports, which contain pictures and video footage of hundreds of soldiers being led into the desert dressed only in their underwear, were circulated on social media by IS supporters early this morning.[/QUOTE] [url]http://m.perthnow.com.au/news/world/islamic-state-claims-to-have-executed-200-syrian-troops-shot-down-a-helicopter-in-iraq/story-fnhrvhol-1227039544657[/url]

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Who is funding these guys? Saudi Arabia and Qatar? [URL="http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/israeli-mossad-agents-posed-as-cia-spies-to-recruit-terrorists-to-fight-against-iran-1.407224"]Mossad agents posed as CIA[/URL]? Hate seeing this pussy proxy bullshit continue while the US continues to be fearful and/or hypocritical to address the roots of it. [URL="http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1303117"]Saudi hinted to Russia they will carry out terrorist attacks[/URL] at the Olympics if Syria was not addressed, it should be pretty clear here that the top powers in the ME are at play here as this stupid Sunni v. Shiasm continues. [editline]27th August 2014[/editline] [quote=Saudi Arabia to Russia]..As an example, I can give you a guarantee to protect the Winter Olympics in the city of Sochi on the Black Sea next year. T[B]he Chechen groups that threaten the security of the games are controlled by us, and they will not move in the Syrian territory’s direction without coordinating with us[/B]. These groups do not scare us. We use them in the face of the Syrian regime but they will have no role or influence in Syria’s political future.”[/quote]

[QUOTE=Starpluck;45820862]Who is funding these guys? Saudi Arabia and Qatar? [URL="http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/israeli-mossad-agents-posed-as-cia-spies-to-recruit-terrorists-to-fight-against-iran-1.407224"]Mossad agents posed as CIA[/URL]? Hate seeing this pussy proxy bullshit continue while the US continues to be fearful and/or hypocritical to address the roots of it. [URL="http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1303117"]Saudi hinted to Russia they will carry out terrorist attacks[/URL] at the Olympics if Syria was not addressed, it should be pretty clear here that the top powers in the ME are at play here as this stupid Sunni v. Shiasm continues. [editline]27th August 2014[/editline][/QUOTE] I think most of their wealth comes from loot and territory. [quote=BBC]Surprising as it may sound, Isis is in many respects thoroughly modern. Like al-Qaeda before them, these jihadists have organised themselves as a highly efficient company. Initially funded by donations from wealthy supporters, they've rapidly expanded into a self-financing business. Through kidnapping and extortion, looting and selling antiquities, siphoning off oil in territories they conquer, seizing gold bullion and other assets from banks and acquiring large quantities of American military hardware in the course of their advance, Isis has become the wealthiest jihadist organisation in the world. According to some estimates, it's worth well over $2bn.[/quote]

I don't get it, do they want people to hate them and want them dead even more?

[QUOTE=Starpluck;45820862]Who is funding these guys? Saudi Arabia and Qatar? [URL="http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/israeli-mossad-agents-posed-as-cia-spies-to-recruit-terrorists-to-fight-against-iran-1.407224"]Mossad agents posed as CIA[/URL]? Hate seeing this pussy proxy bullshit continue while the US continues to be fearful and/or hypocritical to address the roots of it. [URL="http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1303117"]Saudi hinted to Russia they will carry out terrorist attacks[/URL] at the Olympics if Syria was not addressed, it should be pretty clear here that the top powers in the ME are at play here as this stupid Sunni v. Shiasm continues. [editline]27th August 2014[/editline][/QUOTE] They have become basically self sufficient. They aren't a new thing their organization has been around since 2004 in some form or another. I'm gonna make a weird comparison but I think it makes a bit of sense. You have uber fundementalist Christians in the US who donate money to Israel for various reasons. With uber fundementalist Islam some of its proponents do the same thing, just with shady/terror groups. I think that is part of how the group started up. Saudis, Qataris, Kuwaitis, Emirates, etc. have a decent chunk of their population being fundamentalists.

[QUOTE=NoDachiUK;45820986]I think most of their wealth comes from loot and territory.[/QUOTE] [quote]Like al-Qaeda before them[/quote] Here's the problem with your post, they are not like al-Qaeda. They are wiping out armies rather quickly.

[QUOTE=Starpluck;45821090]Here's the problem with your post, they are not like al-Qaeda. They are wiping out armies rather quickly.[/QUOTE] I'm guessing you didn't understand the context in which that was used even though it was given to you. "Like al-Qaeda, these jihadists have organised themselves as a highly efficient company." It wasn't talking about their battlefield tactics.

[QUOTE=Aman;45821072]They have become basically self sufficient. They aren't a new thing their organization has been around since 2004 in some form or another. I'm gonna make a weird comparison but I think it makes a bit of sense. You have uber fundementalist Christians in the US who donate money to Israel for various reasons. With uber fundementalist Islam some of its proponents do the same thing, just with shady/terror groups. I think that is part of how the group started up. Saudis, Qataris, Kuwaitis, Emirates, etc. have a decent chunk of their population being fundamentalists.[/QUOTE] There have been numerous Senate meetings on this, it is pretty obvious who is financing what. The problem is we don't care, either because I am wrong or because every government deep down inside secretly likes the excuses and potential capabilities that are entailed with perpetual warfare.

I thought it was well known they got foreign investors.

Bet they can't wait until Task Force Black executes all of them.

[QUOTE=Starpluck;45821090]Here's the problem with your post, they are not like al-Qaeda. They are wiping out armies rather quickly.[/QUOTE] The Taliban did the same thing though. they quickly destroyed most of Afghanistan's military capabilities. It only seemed like a slow and low-level insurgency because the Coalition was capable of supressing them far better than the local governmet alone. And now we have ISIS facing off against an underprepared, under funded, corrupt, and unmodernized military and it's easy just to say "They aren't like Al Qaeda because they're kicking ass in Iraq and Syria!" While they're undoubtedly getting some nice funding from someone it isn't their primary source anymore. The US inadvertently (or intently?) gave a good chunk of cash to ISIS when funding and training rebel forces in Syria. Guns, ammo, and money from the US, Turkey, and Germany made it to Al Nursa which in turn was divided into the current organization and a part of the early fighting force for the current iteration of ISIS. Plus, it doesn't help that they're nabbing up shitloads of American tech left behind or gifted to Iraq, meaning that they're the Taliban's situation plus American equipment.