CrimsonPhantom
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ISIS is using suicide attacks more than ever
Quote:ISIS has “industrialized the concept of martyrdom” — launching suicide attacks as a military tactic to kill and intimidate enemy fighters, much like Japan’s use of kamikaze pilots during World War II, a report says.
The International Center for Counter Terrorism in The Hague has analyzed nearly 1,000 suicide attacks between Dec. 2015 and Nov. 2016 and found that the terror group has been using the method more than ever, and with great proficiency.
“ISIS’s suicide tacticians appear to have perfected their art, not only developing explosives that are more powerful and reliable than ever, but creating what appears to be a sustainable stream of utterly brainwashed would-be suicide fighters,” ICCT expert Charlie Winter wrote in the center’s report, which was published Tuesday.
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NIU007
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RE: ISIS is using suicide attacks more than ever
The Japanese didn't do that in large numbers until they were losing the war and were desperate. Just saying.
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Kronke
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RE: ISIS is using suicide attacks more than ever
They're strapping them to puppies now, as well. Those psychopaths are not of this world.
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RE: ISIS is using suicide attacks more than ever
(02-28-2017 09:59 PM)Kronke Wrote: They're strapping them to puppies now, as well. Those psychopaths are not of this world.
Yes, but does the puppy get 6 virgins in doggy heaven? Inquiring minds must know!
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RE: ISIS is using suicide attacks more than ever
(02-28-2017 09:53 PM)NIU007 Wrote: The Japanese didn't do that in large numbers until they were losing the war and were desperate. Just saying.
I'd say that is where ISIS is finding itself. While I'm sure it will again reinvent itself elsewhere much like a plague, their caliphate in Syria and Iraq is slipping away and the enemy is closing in on the gates.
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miko33
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RE: ISIS is using suicide attacks more than ever
(03-01-2017 08:48 AM)Crebman Wrote: (02-28-2017 09:53 PM)NIU007 Wrote: The Japanese didn't do that in large numbers until they were losing the war and were desperate. Just saying.
I'd say that is where ISIS is finding itself. While I'm sure it will again reinvent itself elsewhere much like a plague, their caliphate in Syria and Iraq is slipping away and the enemy is closing in on the gates.
Agree. When that tactic is used, it's the beginning of the end.
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