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In reply to the discussion: French Muslims Urge Brothers to Kill Westerners for Allah. [View all]JonLP24
(29,322 posts)23. US-run prisons are great for recruiting
This Al-Baghdadi dude got most of his initial recruits there and being held without being able to use habeas corpus to challenge your detention builds a lot of anger that is great for recruiting.
They receive funding from several sources, the biggest one is Qatar (they're basically the opposite of US foreign policy) who also backed the rebels in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, and other places. They also make money from dealing oil in the black market.
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Hold on . . . Everyone on earth lived happily together before approx. 1200 B.C.?
branford
Nov 2014
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