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Scootaloo

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4. Daesh's "capital," Raqqa, has a population of over two hundred thousand

Reply to snooper2 (Reply #3)

Wed Apr 8, 2015, 03:14 PM

Apr 2015

The organization controls several hundred other towns and small cities in Iraq and Syria. There are also Daesh-affiliated groups claiming territory in Libya, Nigeria, and Yemen.

The CIA estimates that Daesh forces are somewhere around fifty thousand fighters, total. Iraq-Syria, Nigeria, Libya, and other scattered locations.

So. "By any means necessary" is it?

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So the ISIS fuckers kept the young women and killed the young men? cosmicone Apr 2015 #1

"No matter what it takes"? Scootaloo Apr 2015 #2

Well, as long as all the asshole fundies are gathered in one place it would make it easy snooper2 Apr 2015 #3

Daesh's "capital," Raqqa, has a population of over two hundred thousand Scootaloo Apr 2015 #4

To further add with the point you made JonLP24 Apr 2015 #7

We've been doing whatever it takes since 2002 JonLP24 Apr 2015 #5

What do you suggest? cosmicone Apr 2015 #6

That's totally what I suggest! Scootaloo Apr 2015 #10

You've got some crazy bloodlust going on ... Fantastic Anarchist Apr 2015 #8

Should have seen him during al-Sisi's coup Scootaloo Apr 2015 #11

So ... should we be sending flowers to ISIS instead? cosmicone Apr 2015 #12

Syrian Women Know How to Defeat ISIS JonLP24 Apr 2015 #13

Yes ... and Ahmad Chalabi while visiting Washington cosmicone Apr 2015 #14

Main problem as to what? JonLP24 Apr 2015 #15

Uh... what? RiverNoord Apr 2015 #16

Bali is in Indonesia, not Singapore, btw. n/t Turborama Apr 2015 #18

My heart breaks for her. Imagine what she has seen, and what she will reveal to her rescuers. freshwest Apr 2015 #9

I don't want any of our troops over there, but, ask yourself this question WhoWoodaKnew Apr 2015 #17