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18. I think they do have a core group of 'leaders'

Reply to elias49 (Reply #14)

Sat Feb 7, 2015, 12:07 PM

Feb 2015

...but, like al-Qaeda, their membership is attracted and enhanced by the prospect of a head-to-head fight with Americans, represented by the U.S. military forces. I'd have to admit there is at least an exploited belief driving the followers. Iraq is the holy caliphate; the land where they fight Americans for their delusions of blessed victory over the infidels. Still, it's a perversion of Islam which is being promoted, exploited by their leadership to cull a following.

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gotta say, tho bigtree Feb 2015 #13

That is the point ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #19

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I think they do have a core group of 'leaders' bigtree Feb 2015 #18

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