« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: CIA: ISIS now bigger than al Qaeda at its height  (Read 332 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Free Vulcan

  • Technical
  • *****
  • Posts: 23,831
  • Gender: Male
  • Ah, the air is so much fresher here...
CIA: ISIS now bigger than al Qaeda at its height
« on: June 16, 2016, 03:21:25 pm »
The Islamic State has grown larger than al Qaeda ever was, CIA Director John Brennan told senators on Thursday.

"The number of ISIL fighters now exceeds what al Qaeda had at its height," Brennan said at a hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee. "We're talking about tens of thousands of individuals."

Brennan said that included 18-22,000 in Syria and Iraq; 5-8,000 in Libya; approximately 7,000 spread out in Syria, Libya, and Nigeria; and several hundred each in Egypt, Yemen, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Brennan described those members as "hardcore fighters, logistics specialists, and others."

Read more: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/cia-islamic-state-now-bigger-than-al-qaeda-at-its-height/article/2594067
Logged
The Republic is lost.

Offline don-o

  • Worldview Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 4,280
  • FR Class of '98
Re: CIA: ISIS now bigger than al Qaeda at its height
« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2016, 05:19:26 pm »
If we can count them, why can't we kill them?
Logged

rangerrebew

  • Guest
Re: CIA: ISIS now bigger than al Qaeda at its height
« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2016, 06:14:46 pm »
Quote from: don-o on June 16, 2016, 05:19:26 pm
If we can count them, why can't we kill them?

Perhaps Imam Obama doesn't want to.  Besides, according to the Imam, the best way to beat them is to disarm.  :peeonobama:
Logged

Offline Right_in_Virginia

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 80,231
Re: CIA: ISIS now bigger than al Qaeda at its height
« Reply #3 on: June 16, 2016, 10:35:08 pm »
This is important news.

Should it be moved to the "National News" forum? @rangerrebew
Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »