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grahamhgreen

(15,741 posts) Tue Nov 18, 2014, 04:33 PM Nov 2014

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ISIS Aint Just A Bunch of Wackos: "ISIS is run by a council of former Iraqi generals"

This is just a continuation of the Bush war.

Don't get sidetracked by the sensationalism.

Al Qaeda in Iraq was run largely by foreigners; ISIS is run by a council of former Iraqi generals, according to Hisham Alhashimi, an adviser to the Iraqi government and an expert on ISIS. Many are members of Saddam Hussein’s secular Baath Party who converted to radical Islam in American prisons.

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/09/29/fight-lives?utm_source=tny&utm_campaign=generalsocial&utm_medium=twitter&mbid=social_twitter

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ISIS Aint Just A Bunch of Wackos: "ISIS is run by a council of former Iraqi generals" (Original Post) grahamhgreen Nov 2014 OP

L. Paul Bremer fired the entire Iraqi army -- enlisted and officer corps included. So KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #1

Some people here think Obama runs them Capt. Obvious Nov 2014 #2

Unlikely, considering the history of this conflict goes back a millenia! grahamhgreen Nov 2014 #3

You need to watch the Frontline program on ISIS Wella Nov 2014 #4

KingCharlemagne

(7,908 posts)

1. L. Paul Bremer fired the entire Iraqi army -- enlisted and officer corps included. So

Reply to grahamhgreen (Original post)

Tue Nov 18, 2014, 04:36 PM

Nov 2014

this was an entirely predictable outcome.

Yet one more reason George W. Bush and Richard Cheney should be on trial for war crimes.

Capt. Obvious

(9,002 posts)

2. Some people here think Obama runs them

Reply to grahamhgreen (Original post)

Tue Nov 18, 2014, 04:38 PM

Nov 2014

and personally tells them to cut off American heads.

grahamhgreen

(15,741 posts)

3. Unlikely, considering the history of this conflict goes back a millenia!

Reply to Capt. Obvious (Reply #2)

Tue Nov 18, 2014, 09:21 PM

Nov 2014

Wella

(1,827 posts)

4. You need to watch the Frontline program on ISIS

Reply to grahamhgreen (Original post)

Tue Nov 18, 2014, 09:23 PM

Nov 2014

They show how the Iraqi Sunni army ended up in ISIS:

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