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To: EEGator
These weren’t Syrian fighters in a war.

No, but they are both ISIS fighters.

The Islamic State (IS),[b] also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and by its Arabic acronym Daesh, is a transnational Salafi jihadist group and a former unrecognised quasi-state. Its origins were in the Jai'sh al-Taifa al-Mansurah organization founded by Abu Omar al-Baghdadi in 2004, which fought alongside al-Qaeda during the Iraqi insurgency. The group gained global prominence in 2014, when its militants successfully captured large territories in northwestern Iraq and eastern Syria, taking advantage of the ongoing Syrian civil war. By the end of 2015, it ruled an area with an estimated population of twelve million people, where it enforced its extremist interpretation of Islamic law, managed an annual budget exceeding US$1 billion, and commanded more than 30,000 fighters

56 posted on 03/24/2024 6:12:03 AM PDT by tlozo ( Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees )
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To: tlozo

According to the West. The idea that they’re all the same is nonsense.

Carrying out terrorist actions in foreign lands vs fighting for tribal purposes in one’s homeland is completely different.

Your binary thinking is childish.

You still haven’t addressed the money, but don’t bother.
You clearly have a message to push, and not answering legitimate questions is part of it.


60 posted on 03/24/2024 6:18:35 AM PDT by EEGator
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