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2. It wouldn't be cricket to use this against them, though

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Fri Nov 20, 2015, 05:52 PM

Nov 2015

I mean, wouldn't our good friends in Daesh be held up to universal ridicule if we depicted them as hopped-up fanatics rather than the invincible supermen of our paranoid nightmares? Probably best not to mention this too much.

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ISIS fighters on stimulant often says CNN. Apparently they feel euphoric and more powerful [View all] applegrove Nov 2015 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author closeupready Nov 2015 #1

It wouldn't be cricket to use this against them, though gratuitous Nov 2015 #2

How does CNN "know this?" And what "stimulant," in particular? HuckleB Nov 2015 #3

Captagon apparently. IIRC it's an amphetamine. I saw a news story a few weeks ago about a massive CJCRANE Nov 2015 #4

Thanks. That stuff is before my time. Dang. And not good. HuckleB Nov 2015 #6

On a SAUDI prince's private plane 2 Tons of the shit. hobbit709 Nov 2015 #7

Yeah, crazy. That was in the wiki link. HuckleB Nov 2015 #8

A SAUDI prince's private plane? KamaAina Nov 2015 #13

I think the original story was on BBC. I looked and could not find a link. Don't remember the name applegrove Nov 2015 #10

I did a search, and the story is spreading. HuckleB Nov 2015 #11

I was instantly reminded of the movie TAPS loyalsister Nov 2015 #5

Warriors using drugs, a phenomenon as old as war itself. Scuba Nov 2015 #9

As I've said for many years, the world is not going to succumb to a "Zombie Apocalypse" bobalew Nov 2015 #12

a lot of stimulant drugs were found in Kobani rollin74 Nov 2015 #14

Well yeah, the USA military has used and still uses stimulants. kydo Nov 2015 #15