Posted on 01/18/2016 1:35:59 PM PST by presidio9
ERBIL, Kurdistan RegionâDue to "exceptional circumstances" the Islamic State (ISIS) has cut the salaries of its forces in half, a document from the terror groups Treasury Ministry (Bayt al-Mal), released in December, reveals.
The document does not elaborate what it means by "exceptional circumstances" but wagers a guess that the intensified air strikes leveled against the group are beginning to take their toll. Especially since the American-led coalition and the Russians began bombing targets connected to that groupâs oil smuggling operation and other economic targets.
The coalition has since afflicted an even graver toll on the group's financial operation when it bombed the headquarters of Bayt al-Mal in Mosul incinerating millions of dollars in cash that ISIS had gained through oil smuggles and illegal trade.
The ISIS governor in Mosul has issued a fatwa which allows members of the group to get further money by taxing the locals who are also likely in fairly dire straits after living under the yoke of the group since June 2014.
“Unexpected”
Those people use that sort of word a lot.
OK, now we have Obama take over their health insurance........
What are their job titles?
Wow, the last organization I would expect not to honor their commitments. They have paid vacation for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, right?
If the ISIS fighters don’t like that, they can always quit and go find another job. Or maybe not.
Here comes a bailout.
That’s because they’ve had the freakin’ recovery bombed out of them.
I don’t see what they are complaining since they enjoy cutting everything in half or heads
It goes without saying at this point that the only reason why people join ISIS in the first place is because they have no economic alternatives, right?
I wonder how many applied for SS disability and got it...
How much do you think stolen, black-market oil is worth?
I haven’t been impressed with their business plan. ;)
Ya that usually works real well. Creates a lot of harmony.
Hey, Abdullah. When you blow yourself up you only get 36 virgins now. We are in a recession aloha snackbar. And no more midnight goat rendezvous.
What? Didn’t Obama’s administration say that ISIS was getting funds from other places and oil was only a small part of their funding.
Russia bombs the oil and now they can’t pay their people.
“Especially since the American-led coalition and the Russians began bombing targets connected to that group’s oil smuggling operation and other economic targets.”
Yes, I remember when we started attacking their oilfields and trucks, and finally were able to convince the Russians to do likewise./
What’s next, a call to unionize ?
SEIU should organize them.
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