Posted on 04/13/2015 11:08:14 AM PDT by Citizen Zed
Commanders have given their militants the cards – which contain a three-dimensional chip and an electronic SIM card – to help Islamic State fighters securely move between the Iraqi stronghold of Mosul and their self-declared capital of Raqqa, in Syria.
A civil rights activist based in Mosul, who did not wish to be named, said the cards were part of a campaign to 'reassure' fighters the Islamic State's leadership were still strong and in control of their so-called 'caliphate'.
Iraqi forces and Iranian-backed militias recently re-captured the northern city of Tikrit from the jihadists, marking a significant set-back for the Islamic State.
He explained: "They want to convince their militants that they’re capable of overcoming the current challenges.
"This step is to raise the insurgents’ morale, especially following the losses in several areas and amid intensified U.S.-led international coalition airstrikes against cities and towns held by the group in both Syria and Iraq."
The Islamic State is also in the process of issuing its own currency, which will reflect its identity as a 'sovereign state with an independent agenda', according to Syrian press agency ARA News.
It reported the new currency will be called the 'dinar' and will be used as an alternative to the current currency in both Syria and Iraq.
The news of the Islamic State's growing infrastructure came as the jihadists launched a social media campaign threatening to repeat the Islamist terror attacks on New York City of September 11, 2001.
The video, which is being promoted on Twitter with the hashtag #WeWillBurnUSAgain, shows footage of the Islamic State's worst atrocities against the West, such as the beheadings of American journalists Steven Sotloff and James Foley.
It also features a voiceover saying: "America thinks it’s safe because of the geographical location.
"Thus you see it invades Muslim lands, and thinks that the army of jihad won’t reach in their lands.
"But the dream of Americans to have safety became a mirage."
ISIS Express....Don’t go Jihad without it.
Can these be used as voter ID cards in Dearborn?
What’s in YOUR wallet?
bttt
Interesting how anarchists/extremists all tend to settle into the same human patterns of government over time.
Awesome !! LOL
The Americans who dream of safety aren't the ones you need to worry about, Abdul.
It's the ones those Americans are keeping restrained that should keep you up at night.
So, they printed off 5000 cards with the name Muhammad, and passed them out.
Well, whenever they arrest a terrorist here in the US, they always say he has no known affiliation with any terror groups.
Now if the terrorist groups issued official ID cards.....
Between bombings and beheadings, I can just see them in the unemployment line. :)
Who was your former employer?
Willing to travel?
What are your skills and interests?
I believe that such ID cards are the future of war.
While in peacetime, ID cards are an onerous, repulsive, dehumanizing means of control, in time of war they can be a superb way to restore order.
Imagine if when the US began its occupation of Iraq, that every combat unit had a squad that went with them to provide ID cards to every Iraqi they met. The front of the card would just have their picture, and the back of the card an encrypted “data matrix” barcode that would contain up to a thousand characters, and could only be read by a scanner going to a US Army controlled database.
For the Iraqis, things would be simple. Unless you had your ID with you, you would be detained until your identity was established.
But they would need the card for everything. An instant census, a voting card with thumbprint, a ration and fuel card, where you lived and the names and ages of family members, an internal passport, your religious sect, and government issued bank account, as it could also act as a debit card.
Such cards would make it extremely hard for insurgents and terrorists to operate. It would have made it much easier to rebuild the Iraqi government.
a new tribe of barbarians for Capitol One commercials
What’s in YOUR wallet?
It’s good for the years from 1436 to 1437.
They probably also use them for elections...we could learn something.
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