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The mysterious link between the #US military prison #Camp_Bucca and #ISIS leaders
►http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/mysterious-link-between-us-military-prison-camp-bucca-and-isis-le

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A flag of the #Islamic_State (IS) #IS seen on the other side of a bridge at the frontline of fighting between Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and Islamist militants in Rashad, on the road between Kirkuk and Tikrit, on September 11, 2014. (Photo: AFP-JM Lopez) A flag of the Islamic State (IS) is seen on the other side of a bridge at the frontline of fighting between Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and Islamist militants in Rashad, on the road between Kirkuk and Tikrit, on September 11, 2014. (Photo: AFP-JM Lopez)

Beyond conspiracy theories – which are often justified in an era where everything appears as though it is part of a plan or a scheme – we have the right to ask why the majority of the leaders of the Islamic State (IS), (...)

#Mideast_&_North_Africa #Abu_Ayman_al-Iraqi #Abu_Bakr_al-Baghdadi #Abu_Musab_al-Zarqawi #al-Qaeda #Aleppo #Army_of_Sunnis #Articles #Iraq #Saddam_Hussein

#ISIS sets its sights on #Jordan
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/isis-sets-its-sights-jordan

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An image grab taken from a video uploaded on Youtube on June 12, 2014, allegedly shows Islamic State of #Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants taking part in a military parade in the northern city of Mosul. (Photo: AFP/Youtube) An image grab taken from a video uploaded on Youtube on June 12, 2014, allegedly shows Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants taking part in a military parade in the northern city of Mosul. (Photo: AFP/Youtube)

The ramifications of ISIS’ recent victories [in Iraq] did not take long to reach Jordan, in particular the southern Maan region, a hotbed of tension where a few days ago dozens of Salafi jihadis held a pro-ISIS march. They called for the removal of the borders established by the (...)

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The war in #syria: ISIS’s most successful investment yet
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/20133

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An image grab taken from a video uploaded on YouTube on August 23, 2013 allegedly shows members of Ussud Al-Anbar (Anbar Lions), a Jihadist group affiliated to the Islamic State of #Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Al-Qaeda’s front group in Iraq, holding up their weapons as they pose next to the trademark black and white Islamist flag at an undisclosed location in Iraq’s Anbar province. (Photo: AFP-Youtube) An image grab taken from a video uploaded on YouTube on August 23, 2013 allegedly shows members of Ussud Al-Anbar (Anbar Lions), a Jihadist group affiliated to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Al-Qaeda’s front group in Iraq, holding up their weapons as they pose next to the trademark black and white Islamist flag at an undisclosed (...)

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