“It was Darwinism. All the guys who were stupid enough to use cell phones in Baghdad kept getting hit, hit, hit, and hit. That was their way of culling the herd, though it had the negative side effect of leaving the smarter and more powerful operatives in place, the ones who were good at internal cou…”— Derek Harvey, amazon.comTagged: What Is ISIS, ISIS, Middle East, Terrorism, Baghdad
“ISIS presents itself to an embattled Sunni minority in Iraq, and an even more persecuted and victimized Sunni majority in Syria, as the sect’s last line of defense against a host of enemies— the ‘infidel’ United States, the ‘apostate’ Gulf Arab states, the ‘Nusayri’ Alawite dictatorship in Syria, th…”— Michael Weiss, Hassan Hassan, amazon.comTagged: What Is ISIS, ISIS, Middle East, How ISIS Presents Itself
“ISIS is a terrorist organization, but it isn’t only a terrorist organization. It is also a mafia adept at exploiting decades-old transnational gray markets for oil and arms trafficking. It is a conventional military that mobilizes and deploys foot soldiers with a professional acumen that has impress…”— Michael Weiss, Hassan Hassan, amazon.comTagged: What Is ISIS, ISIS, Middle East, Terrorism