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ISIS Is Turning US Humvees Into Iraq's Worst Nightmare
Business Insider via Yahoo ^ | 5 June 2015 | Jeremy Bender

Posted on 06/05/2015 9:42:34 AM PDT by edpc

In an ironic twist of fate, more than two-thirds of the Humvees that the US government supplied to Iraq to fight terrorists have ended up in the hands of Islamic State militants.

And the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, has not wasted any time in converting those vehicles into one of its deadliest and most nightmarish tools: suicide car bombs.

(Excerpt) Read more at yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: carbomb; humvee; iraq; isil; isis
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1 posted on 06/05/2015 9:42:34 AM PDT by edpc
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When the US left vehicles behind in the Philippines, they turned them into modes of mass transit.

Muslims turn them into bombs.


2 posted on 06/05/2015 9:47:34 AM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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We continuously see news footage of all their caravans. We know they have training centers, munitions dumps and oil production facilities; yet, Obama will take no action against his blood thirsty brothers.

Once he is gone a strong president will end this crap in a hurry (just my guess).

3 posted on 06/05/2015 9:49:04 AM PDT by Baynative (For someone to get something without paying for it, someone else must pay for it without getting it.)
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Well in the long term that depletes the supply.


4 posted on 06/05/2015 9:49:04 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: edpc

Twist of fate my...foot. Intentional from the beginning. Ain’t that right Val?


5 posted on 06/05/2015 9:49:07 AM PDT by Paulie (America without Christianity is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
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Well then...Bush’s fault.


6 posted on 06/05/2015 9:49:36 AM PDT by VRW Conspirator (American Jobs for American Workers)
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Way to go, Obama Administration genuises!

Hey, ISIS is just “junior varsity” after all.


7 posted on 06/05/2015 9:49:37 AM PDT by Elpasser
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To: edpc

> more than two-thirds of the Humvees that the US government supplied to Iraq to fight terrorists have ended up in the hands of Islamic State militants.

Obama once again “accidentally” supporting terrorists.


8 posted on 06/05/2015 9:49:53 AM PDT by ArcadeQuarters ("Immigration Reform" is ballot stuffing)
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To: Baynative
Once he is gone a strong president will end this crap in a hurry

Hillary? /S

9 posted on 06/05/2015 9:51:11 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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“In an ironic twist of fate, more than two-thirds of the Humvees that the US government supplied to Iraq to fight terrorists have ended up in the hands of Islamic State militants.”

LOL. You’d have to be an idiot to believe that this was not intentional.


10 posted on 06/05/2015 9:55:26 AM PDT by grumpygresh (My real thoughts have been self censored.)
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Gosh! The guy in the WH is probably considering SELLING some more to ISIS....Never let the opportunity to sell our country down the river go to waste.

The powers that be haven’t yet figured out a way to take them all out when they’re in caravans crossing the desert... Any 1st grade kid/video player would have figured that out by now. No doubt our military has also but their hands are tied by their own boss.


11 posted on 06/05/2015 9:55:31 AM PDT by Thank You Rush
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It’s amazing they can keep them running - Arabs are notoriously bad at machine maintenance.


12 posted on 06/05/2015 9:55:35 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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We cannot hack into their computer systems and shut them down?


13 posted on 06/05/2015 9:55:39 AM PDT by Proud2BeRight
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It must be someone else fault because Obama in 2011: ‘We’re Leaving Behind A Stable And Self-Reliant Iraq’ !
14 posted on 06/05/2015 9:58:54 AM PDT by McGruff (Never Forget)
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I cannot think of a more embarrassing CF of a situation for our military than how ISIS is being handled by our government while the military has to sit around and watch this unfold. I am so sorry to all the Iraq (1st and 2nd conflict) veterans.


15 posted on 06/05/2015 10:00:22 AM PDT by Marko413
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Hey, you know that Obama guy? He sure is stupid, isn’t he?


16 posted on 06/05/2015 10:03:59 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp
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“We cannot hack into their computer systems and shut them down?”

All we gots to do is call OnStar and they can shut them down.


17 posted on 06/05/2015 10:06:39 AM PDT by BulletBobCo
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To: edpc

Is ISIS the second army Obama wanted to build and equip?


18 posted on 06/05/2015 10:14:39 AM PDT by Iron Munro (We may be paranoid but that doesn't mean they aren't really after us)
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To: Paulie

Twist of fate my...foot. Intentional from the beginning. Ain’t that right Val?


They should write the word demos on them because the democrat socialists is why they have them.


19 posted on 06/05/2015 10:20:39 AM PDT by ravenwolf (s letters scripture.)
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“It’s amazing they can keep them running - Arabs are notoriously bad at machine maintenance.”

Ah but western recruits will take care of them. The JV’s seem to be doing right - left to themselves to succeed, with no serious opposition.


20 posted on 06/05/2015 10:22:32 AM PDT by bluejean (The lunatics are running the asylum)
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