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© 2018 AFPCounting Islamic State members, an impossible task
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Bintaro
The Turkey-Syria border is 822 km long, with plenty of mountains and empty spaces to cross illegally. So good luck with that.
Cochise
start counting in western europe.
Alexandre T. Ishii
That's strange CIA don't know about the figures of IS members. They were created by CIA, and now messy? Unbelievable is my word.
Toasted Heretic
The threat in Europe is not just from ISIS inspired idiots, though.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/terror-attacks-uk-threat-far-right-national-action-isis-nazis-westminster-finsbury-park-a8229876.html
Keeping an eye on terrorists is difficult at the best of times.
theFritzX
@Toasted Heretic,
uh, righhht....
HonestDictator
Everything is created by the CIA, ISIS, OBL, 9/11, alien abductions, Illuminati, drug abuse worldwide, Brexit, and everything else wrong with the world. While the CIA may have had a hand in some things that are problematic today, there are times when you give some intelligence agencies more credit than they could ever possibly achieve.
It's called using the easiest scapegoat you can find to pin blame on when you can't actually discover what the true cause of the problem is. Islam fundamentalism created ISIS, not an intelligence agency.
Serrano
"Dramatically weakened on the ground"
Does this have anything to do with Donald Trump's foreign policy?
Goodlucktoyou
try researching where they get weapons and funding and safe zones, you will understand more. See I am and Sudi. Good grief old fellow. Bonsar
Toasted Heretic
You read the story, then?
He's not downplaying the threat from ISIS but he's also saying how far right terrorism is growing.
I presume you agree that both forms of terrorism (amongst others) need watching.
theFritzX
@Serrano,
you bet it does. But the lefty liberals will never admit it.
lostrune2
The CIA's greatest accomplishment that people believe they're everywhere all the time every second
It's a force-multiplier - people think there's way more of you than what your resources can afford