{"id":5716,"date":"2015-06-04T14:08:15","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T19:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hcstx.org\/?p=5716"},"modified":"2015-06-04T14:08:15","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T19:08:15","slug":"intel-overwatch-news-synopsis-6215","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/2015\/06\/04\/intel-overwatch-news-synopsis-6215\/","title":{"rendered":"Intel Overwatch News Synopsis: 6\/2\/15"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0**Don’t forget to tune into The Outlaw Dave Show <\/a>on KPRC FM Radio ever Tuesday Night at 8pm CST for Intel Overwatch with Bill Powell.**<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
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data\u00a0passing\u00a0through\u00a015\u00a0cables,\u00a0mostly\u00a0used\u00a0by\u00a0<\/span>Proximus<\/span>,\u00a0the\u00a0largest\u00a0of\u00a0Belgium’s\u00a0three\u00a0mobile\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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telecommunications\u00a0companies.\u00a0Allegedly,\u00a0Germany’s\u00a0Deutsche\u00a0Telecom\u00a0could\u00a0have\u00a0collaborated\u00a0with\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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the\u00a0BND<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>Belgium\u00a0and\u00a0the\u00a0Netherlands\u00a0have\u00a0launched\u00a0an\u00a0investigation\u00a0into\u00a0alleged\u00a0espionage\u00a0by\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Germany,\u00a0blaming\u00a0Berlin\u00a0for\u00a0assisting\u00a0the\u00a0United\u00a0States\u00a0in\u00a0spying\u00a0on\u00a0its\u00a0EU\u00a0allies<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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China\u00a0Development\u00a0Bank\u00a0(CDB)\u00a0unveiled\u00a0plans\u00a0Thursday\u00a0to\u00a0invest\u00a0more\u00a0than\u00a0$890\u00a0billion\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0project\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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which\u00a0goes\u00a0by\u00a0the\u00a0official\u00a0moniker\u00a0of\u00a0\u201cOne\u00a0Belt,\u00a0One\u00a0Road.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0Funding\u00a0from\u00a0<\/span>new\u00a0Asian\u00a0Infrastructure\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Investm<\/span>ent\u00a0Bank\u00a0and\u00a0the\u00a0Silk\u00a0Road\u00a0Fund-\u00a0m<\/span>ore\u00a0than\u00a0900\u00a0projects\u00a0involving\u00a060\u00a0countries.\u00a0These\u00a0projects\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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include\u00a0coal\u00a0and\u00a0gas,\u00a0mining,\u00a0electricity,\u00a0telecommunications,\u00a0infrastructure,\u00a0agriculture,\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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people-to-people\u00a0exchanges\u00a0that\u00a0will\u00a0help\u00a0trade\u00a0and\u00a0capital\u00a0flow.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0S<\/span>ix\u00a0corridors\u00a0would\u00a0be\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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China-Mongolia-Russia,\u00a0New\u00a0Eurasian\u00a0Land\u00a0Bridge,\u00a0China-Central\u00a0and\u00a0West\u00a0Asia,\u00a0China-Indo-China\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Peninsula,\u00a0China-Pakistan,\u00a0and\u00a0Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar<\/span>\u00a0with\u00a0no\u00a0travel\u00a0restrictions\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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overseas\u00a0with\u00a0Latin\u00a0America\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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the\u00a021st\u00a0Century\u00a0Maritime\u00a0Silk\u00a0Road\u00a0(“Belt\u00a0and\u00a0Road”)\u00a0<\/span>initiatives,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>China’s\u00a0economic\u00a0development\u00a0is\u00a0now\u00a0deeply\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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tied\u00a0in\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0global\u00a0economy.\u00a0China’s\u00a0oil\u00a0industry\u00a0relies\u00a0on\u00a0natural\u00a0resources\u00a0from\u00a0the\u00a0Middle\u00a0East\u00a0and\u00a0Central\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Asia,\u00a0while\u00a0Chinese\u00a0construction\u00a0companies\u00a0need\u00a0materials\u00a0from\u00a0Southern\u00a0Africa\u00a0and\u00a0Latin\u00a0America,\u00a0which\u00a0is\u00a0why\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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China\u00a0is\u00a0so\u00a0keen\u00a0to\u00a0press\u00a0ahead\u00a0with\u00a0the\u00a0Belt\u00a0and\u00a0Road\u00a0plan.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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China\u00a0has\u00a0more\u00a0fighters\u00a0than\u00a0the\u00a0United\u00a0States<\/span>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0and\u00a0they\u00a0know\u00a0it\u00a0however\u00a0their\u00a0limitation\u00a0was\u00a0about\u00a0350\u00a0miles\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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coronavirus\u00a0from\u00a0the\u00a0same\u00a0family\u00a0as\u00a0the\u00a0one\u00a0that\u00a0triggered\u00a0China’s\u00a0deadly\u00a02003\u00a0outbreak\u00a0of\u00a0Severe\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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oQiTD5Ey0.twitter<\/span>\"\"<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Islamic\u00a0State\u00a0of\u00a0Iraq\u00a0and\u00a0Syria\u00a0affiliate\u00a0has\u00a0taken\u00a0control\u00a0of\u00a0al-<\/span>Qardabiya<\/span>\u00a0air\u00a0base\u00a0late\u00a0Thursday\u00a0after\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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militia\u00a0that\u00a0had\u00a0been\u00a0protecting\u00a0the\u00a0base\u00a0withdrew,\u00a0according\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0AP.\u00a0A\u00a0spokesman\u00a0for\u00a0the\u00a0militia\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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told\u00a0the\u00a0AP\u00a0that\u00a0his\u00a0forces\u00a0departed\u00a0after\u00a0a\u00a0call\u00a0for\u00a0reinforcements\u00a0to\u00a0Libya’s\u00a0government\u00a0was\u00a0not\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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answered.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"\"<\/span>http:\/\/www.bloombergview.com\/articles\/2015-05-29\/islamic-state-makes-a-move-on-southeast-asia<\/span>\"\"<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Why\u00a0destroying\u00a0<\/span>isis<\/span>\u00a0in\u00a0me\u00a0will\u00a0not\u00a0be\u00a0the\u00a0end\u00a0\u2013\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0the\u00a0mystique\u00a0and\u00a0the\u00a0theology\u00a0that\u00a0transcends\u00a0all\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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borders<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"\"<\/span>http:\/\/www.news.com.au\/world\/north-america\/how-a-us-prison-camp-helped-create-isis\/story-fnh81ju<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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t-1227376868248<\/span>\"\"<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Camp\u00a0<\/span>Bucca<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0primary\u00a0detention\u00a0facility\u00a0for\u00a0enemy\u00a0prisoners\u00a0of\u00a0war<\/span>\u00a0–<\/span>vast\u00a0majority\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0leadership\u00a0of\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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what\u00a0is\u00a0today\u00a0known\u00a0as\u00a0ISIS,\u00a0including\u00a0its\u00a0leader,\u00a0Abu\u00a0Bakr\u00a0al-Baghdadi,\u00a0did\u00a0time\u00a0at\u00a0Camp\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Bucca.Extremists<\/span>\u00a0had\u00a0freedom\u00a0to\u00a0educate\u00a0the\u00a0young\u00a0detainees,\u201d\u00a0Mohammed\u00a0said.\u00a0\u201cI\u00a0saw\u00a0them\u00a0giving\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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courses\u00a0using\u00a0classroom\u00a0boards\u00a0on\u00a0how\u00a0to\u00a0use\u00a0explosives,\u00a0weapons\u00a0and\u00a0how\u00a0to\u00a0become\u00a0suicide\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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bombers<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>Haji\u00a0Bakr,\u00a0a\u00a0former\u00a0colonel\u00a0in\u00a0Saddam\u00a0Hussein\u2019s\u00a0air-<\/span>defence<\/span>\u00a0force.<\/span>\u00a0Bakr\u00a0was\u00a0no\u00a0religious\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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zealot.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Bakr\u00a0was\u00a0the\u00a0real\u00a0mastermind\u00a0behind\u00a0ISIS\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>organisational<\/span>\u00a0structure\u00a0and\u00a0also\u00a0mapped\u00a0out\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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strategies\u00a0that\u00a0fuelled\u00a0its\u00a0early\u00a0successes.\u00a0Bakr,\u00a0who\u00a0died\u00a0in\u00a0fighting\u00a0in\u00a02014,\u00a0was\u00a0incarcerated\u00a0at\u00a0<\/span>Bucca<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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from\u00a02006-\u201908,\u00a0along\u00a0with\u00a0a\u00a0dozen\u00a0or\u00a0more\u00a0of\u00a0ISIS\u2019s\u00a0top\u00a0lieutenants.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>In\u00a0retrospect,\u00a0bringing\u00a0every\u00a0jihadi\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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and\u00a0insurgent\u00a0into\u00a0the\u00a0same\u00a0place\u00a0and\u00a0giving\u00a0them\u00a0all\u00a0the\u00a0time\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0world\u00a0to\u00a0get\u00a0to\u00a0know\u00a0one\u00a0another\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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may\u00a0go\u00a0down\u00a0as\u00a0our\u00a0biggest\u00a0mistake.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"\"<\/span>http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/isis-suicide-strategy-for-overrunning-cities-2015-5<\/span>\"\"<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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VBIEDs\u00a0on\u00a0<\/span>steriods<\/span>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0glorious\u00a0way\u00a0to\u00a0paradise\u00a0and\u00a0all\u00a0you\u00a0need\u00a0<\/span>is<\/span>\u00a0an\u00a0useful\u00a0idiot,\u00a0a\u00a0Iraqi\u00a0army\u00a0<\/span>mrap<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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explosives.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"\"<\/span>http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/the-isis-radio-station-targeting-european-recruits-sounds-like-npr-201<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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5-6<\/span>\"\"<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Al-Bayan,\u00a0the\u00a0Islamic\u00a0State\u00a0radio\u00a0targeting\u00a0European\u00a0recruits\u00a0\u2014\u00a0touting\u00a0recent\u00a0triumphs\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0campaign\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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to\u00a0carve\u00a0out\u00a0a\u00a0Caliphate-\u00a0helping\u00a0to\u00a0swell\u00a0the\u00a0ranks\u00a0of\u00a0Westerners\u00a0\u2014\u00a0projected\u00a0this\u00a0year\u00a0to\u00a0reach\u00a0up\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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10,000\u00a0\u2014\u00a0fighting\u00a0for\u00a0the\u00a0Islamic\u00a0State\u00a0group\u00a0in\u00a0Syria\u00a0and\u00a0Iraq-c<\/span>atering\u00a0to\u00a0feelings\u00a0of\u00a0having\u00a0no\u00a0direction\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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ISIS\u00a0recruits\u00a0target\u00a0audience\u00a0is\u00a0minds\u00a0full\u00a0of\u00a0mush\u00a0and\u00a0ideology.\u00a0In\u00a0France,\u00a0the\u00a0West’s\u00a0largest\u00a0source\u00a0of\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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extremists\u00a0heading\u00a0to\u00a0Iraq\u00a0and\u00a0Syria,\u00a0they\u00a0average\u00a0in\u00a0their\u00a0mid-20s,\u00a0with\u00a0female\u00a0recruits\u00a0tending\u00a0to\u00a0be\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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even\u00a0younger.\u00a0Whatever\u00a0they\u00a0are\u00a0looking\u00a0for,\u00a0Islamic\u00a0State\u00a0promises:\u00a0<\/span>Shariah<\/span>\u00a0law,\u00a0a\u00a0deeper\u00a0purpose\u00a0in\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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life,\u00a0a\u00a0fight\u00a0against\u00a0a\u00a0dictator,\u00a0aid\u00a0work,\u00a0automatic\u00a0weapons,\u00a0pathological\u00a0violence\u00a0for\u00a0those\u00a0so\u00a0inclined.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"\"<\/span>http:\/\/rt.com\/news\/263549-isis-war-saudi-arabia\/<\/span>\"\"<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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in<\/span>\u00a0effect\u00a0they\u00a0already\u00a0have\u00a0declared\u00a0war\u00a0\u2013\u00a0now\u00a0a\u00a0call\u00a0to\u00a0clear\u00a0all\u00a0<\/span>shia<\/span>\u00a0in\u00a0Arabian\u00a0peninsula<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"\"<\/span>http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2015\/05\/30\/30-may-15-world-view-isis-suicide-bombers-st<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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rike-shia-mosques-in-saudi-arabia-and-baghdad\/<\/span>\"\"<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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ISIS\u00a0is\u00a0claiming\u00a0responsibility\u00a0for\u00a0a\u00a0suicide\u00a0bombing\u00a0during\u00a0Friday\u00a0prayers\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0Shia\u00a0Al\u00a0<\/span>Anoud<\/span>\u00a0mosque\u00a0in\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Dammam,\u00a0in\u00a0eastern\u00a0Saudi\u00a0Arabia.\u00a0A\u00a0male\u00a0was\u00a0disguised\u00a0in\u00a0women\u2019s\u00a0clothing\u00a0to\u00a0evade\u00a0detection\u00a0by\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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heavy\u00a0security\u00a0surrounding\u00a0the\u00a0mosque.\u00a0He\u00a0was\u00a0stopped\u00a0by\u00a0security\u00a0just\u00a0as\u00a0he\u00a0entered\u00a0the\u00a0mosque\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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detonated\u00a0the\u00a0device.\u00a0Three\u00a0people\u00a0were\u00a0killed.\u00a0<\/span>on<\/span>\u00a0Friday,\u00a0ISIS\u00a0claimed\u00a0responsibility\u00a0for\u00a0car\u00a0bombings\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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outside\u00a0two\u00a0heavily\u00a0guarded\u00a0hotels\u00a0in\u00a0central\u00a0Baghdad,\u00a0killing\u00a0ten\u00a0people.\u00a0The\u00a0bombings\u00a0are\u00a0considered\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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reprisals\u00a0against\u00a0the\u00a0Shia\u00a0Baghdad\u00a0government\u00a0for\u00a0sending\u00a0Shia\u00a0militias\u00a0to\u00a0attempt\u00a0to\u00a0recapture\u00a0Ramadi\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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from\u00a0ISIS<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"\"<\/span>http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2015\/may\/30\/islamic-state-fighter-trained-by-state-departme<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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nt-\/<\/span>\"\"<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Col.\u00a0<\/span>Gulmurod<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Khalimov<\/span>,\u00a0a\u00a0former\u00a0police\u00a0commander\u00a0from\u00a0Tajikistan<\/span>,\u00a0now\u00a0a\u00a0fighter\u00a0with\u00a0the\u00a0Islamic\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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State\u00a0group\u00a0in\u00a0a\u00a0new\u00a0online\u00a0video\u00a0was\u00a0trained\u00a0in\u00a0counterterrorism\u00a0tactics\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0U.S.,\u00a0the\u00a0State\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Department\u00a0confirmed.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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key\u00a0rebel\u00a0commander\u00a0and\u00a0his\u00a0men\u00a0are\u00a0ready\u00a0to\u00a0ready\u00a0to\u00a0pull\u00a0out\u00a0in\u00a0frustration\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0U.S.\u00a0program\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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train\u00a0a\u00a0rebel\u00a0army\u00a0to\u00a0beat\u00a0back\u00a0the\u00a0terror\u00a0group\u00a0in\u00a0Syria<\/span>–<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>is<\/span>sue:\u00a0the\u00a0American\u00a0government’s\u00a0demand\u00a0that\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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the\u00a0rebels\u00a0can’t\u00a0use\u00a0any\u00a0of\u00a0their\u00a0newfound\u00a0battlefield\u00a0prowess\u00a0or\u00a0U.S.-provided\u00a0weaponry\u00a0against\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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army\u00a0of\u00a0Bashar\u00a0al-Assad\u00a0or\u00a0any\u00a0of\u00a0its\u00a0manifold\u00a0proxies\u00a0and\u00a0allies,\u00a0which\u00a0include\u00a0Iranian-built\u00a0militias\u00a0such\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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as\u00a0Lebanese\u00a0Hezbollah.\u00a0They\u00a0must\u00a0only\u00a0fight\u00a0ISIS,\u00a0Washington\u00a0insists.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0Can\u00a0you\u00a0say\u00a0Iranian\u00a0influence\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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keep\u00a0Assad\u00a0in\u00a0power?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"\"<\/span>http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-3103341\/ISIS-calls-lone-wolf-attacks-Phoenix-man-planning-p<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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urposefully-provocative-Draw-Muhammad-competition-organizer-asks-attendees-bring-guns.html<\/span>\"\"<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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rumble<\/span>\u00a0in\u00a0phoeni<\/span>x,\u00a0larger\u00a0protest\u00a0than\u00a0many\u00a0know\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"\"<\/span>http:\/\/rt.com\/news\/264021-isis-norway-refugees-un\/<\/span>\"\"<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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u<\/span>ncovered<\/span>\u00a0some\u00a0quota\u00a0refugees\u00a0with\u00a0links\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>Nusra<\/span>\u00a0Front\u00a0and\u00a0the\u00a0ISIL,”\u00a0police\u00a0superintendent\u00a0<\/span>Svein<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Erik\u00a0<\/span>Molstad<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>A\u00a0Libyan\u00a0government\u00a0adviser\u00a0said\u00a0in\u00a0May\u00a0that\u00a0Islamic\u00a0State\u00a0is\u00a0smuggling\u00a0\u201cprize\u00a0operatives\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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into\u00a0Europe.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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1-11e5-bc72-f3e16bf50bb6_story.html<\/span>\"\"<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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First,\u00a0the\u00a0Islamic\u00a0State\u2019s\u00a0opponents\u00a0would\u00a0have\u00a0to\u00a0fail\u00a0to\u00a0marshal\u00a0a\u00a0sufficient\u00a0ground\u00a0force\u00a0to\u00a0take\u00a0it\u00a0on<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Second,\u00a0the\u00a0Islamic\u00a0State\u00a0would\u00a0have\u00a0to\u00a0get\u00a0into\u00a0Baghdad.\u00a0Its\u00a0dominance\u00a0of\u00a0Anbar\u00a0province\u00a0puts\u00a0this\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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step,\u00a0which\u00a0would\u00a0take\u00a0it\u00a0a\u00a0long\u00a0way\u00a0toward\u00a0consolidating\u00a0its\u00a0position,\u00a0within\u00a0reach<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Third,\u00a0Iraq\u00a0would\u00a0have\u00a0to\u00a0continue\u00a0to\u00a0unravel.\u00a0This\u00a0would\u00a0leave\u00a0the\u00a0Islamic\u00a0State\u2019s\u00a0opponents\u00a0with\u00a0a\u00a0less\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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secure\u00a0fighting\u00a0base\u00a0and\u00a0the\u00a0country\u2019s\u00a0Sunnis,\u00a0Shiites\u00a0and\u00a0Kurds\u00a0even\u00a0more\u00a0adrift<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Fourth,\u00a0Iran\u00a0would\u00a0have\u00a0to\u00a0shrink\u00a0from\u00a0taking\u00a0on\u00a0a\u00a0larger\u00a0responsibility\u00a0for\u00a0defeating\u00a0the\u00a0Islamic\u00a0State.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Iranian-trained\u00a0militias\u00a0are\u00a0now\u00a0assisting\u00a0Iraqi\u00a0forces\u00a0but\u00a0not\u00a0to\u00a0decisive\u00a0effect.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"\"<\/span>http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/investigations\/6-incredibly-important-things-everyone-should-know-about-isis<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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#.VWui36hu2mY.twitter<\/span>\"\"<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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1.<\/span>They\u00a0are\u00a0Islamic\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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2.<\/span>m<\/span>ost\u00a0extreme\u00a0of\u00a0extremist\u00a0sects<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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3.<\/span>To\u00a0ISIS,\u00a0required\u00a0punishment;\u00a0To\u00a0others,\u00a0war\u00a0crimes<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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