By Erick Stakelbeck
The fear masters of ISIS are made up our minds to get America's realization. They've humiliated the Iraqi military we informed and seized territory in Iraq that we had secured on the fee of such a lot of American lives. They've beheaded American newshounds on digicam in a right away problem to the facility and get to the bottom of of the us. And now ISIS is asking for “city wolves" around the usa to behave on their commitment to the Islamic State's blood-drenched ideology and homicide blameless americans at random.
Who is ISIS? the place did it come from, and what's using its profitable crusade of homicide and conquest? Our govt and our media alike appeared to be blindsided by means of the Islamic State's blitzkrieg-like boost, which compelled American troops again into Iraq. ISIS has conquered a territory approximately the dimensions of the nation of Indiana, principles over 8 million terrorized souls, and has even revived the perform of felony slavery. And but the real motivations, internal workings, and destiny plans of this terror kingdom and its mysterious caliph look nearly as imprecise as while ISIS first burst onto the area scene. In ISIS uncovered, veteran investigative reporter Erick Stakelbeck will get contained in the tale of the hot caliphate and divulges simply how transparent and current a possibility it truly is.
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29 • Perhaps most damning to the Obama administration’s strategy of feigning shock and then throwing the intel community under the bus in the wake of the Mosul debacle was testimony from the Pentagon’s top intelligence official, Lieutenant General Michael Flynn, in February 2014. 31 Not bad for a JV team. 26 ISIS EXPOSED The Obama White House was surely aware of Brennan’s assessments, Flynn’s testimony, and similar dire warnings by Beecroft, McGurk, and other top experts about the rise of ISIS in the months prior to the fall of Mosul.
State Department has placed a $10 million bounty on al-Baghdadi’s head. ”48 It appeared the caliph was very much alive and kicking, to the delight of his followers worldwide. It is unclear whether ISIS has a suitably charismatic successor in the wings capable of galvanizing support should al-Baghdadi be killed. Adding to al-Baghdadi’s mystique is his claim to be a direct descendant of Islam’s prophet Mohammed (a claim made, no doubt, to bolster his credentials as caliph). S. military. S. S. 50 Things would only get worse: • Under al-Baghdadi’s direction, ISI embarked on a wave of suicide bombings throughout Iraq in 2012 and 2013.
Such activities have not gone unnoticed by the Islamic State. “ISIS has threatened me on social media,” Nabil shared. “They’ve tried to hack into my Facebook page numerous amounts of times. ” “I’ve paid out of my pocket, out of my time, out of my time off from work, to do this,” he continued. “I’m not benefiting financially. ” I first met Nabil in 2011 when, despite his youth, he was already becoming a leading advocate for the persecuted Christians of the Middle East, holding several demonstrations in downtown Phoenix calling attention to their plight.