Think back about 5 years ago when the news and the blogosphere was awash in the dire predictions of ISIS…..from hidden among immigrants on the border to a conspiracy to eliminate everyone that is different…..these predictions were everywhere.
But that was years ago and the country has moved on to other ‘impending doom’ to try and capitalize on moving forward.
Things like nukes in space or HAMAS hidden among immigrants on the border (that one seems to persist no matter the problem) to the upcoming doom of 2024 elections to what Taylor Swift was wearing at the Grammys…..like I said real important stuff.
A new report seems to tell the tale of a dying ‘movement’……
ISIS attacks in Iraq and Syria remain at all-time lows despite fears that Middle East tensions related to the war in Gaza could lead to a resurgence of the group, according to a new report by independent U.S. government watchdogs.
In 2020, ISIS carried out as many as 200 attacks each month in Iraq and Syria. It now claims fewer than 40 monthly strikes. Despite calls by ISIS leaders to target Israeli and Western interests, the watchdogs report that the group now likely lacks the “intent and capability to direct attacks against the U.S. homeland.”
The report paints a dismal picture of the once-powerful militant group’s operations in Iraq and Syria, where it controlled huge swathes of territory in the mid-2010s. “ISIS’s capacity to conduct insurgent activities remained severely degraded in Iraq and Syria,” the watchdogs note, adding that the group now carries out fewer attacks near cities.
The group’s operations now appear more akin to a failing crime syndicate than a powerful terror group. Crackdowns on ISIS finances have left the organization unable to consistently pay its fighters, according to the report. Even ISIS leaders are paid only “sporadically” with funds drawn from buried caches of money hidden in locations across Iraq and Syria.
The inspectors general of the State Department, Defense Department, and USAID authored the report, which is part of a congressionally mandated series of updates on Operation Inherent Resolve, America’s campaign to defeat ISIS.
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/isis-syria/
Is that one less thing to worry about?
You decide.
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Isis is always going to be a threat because it is like a snake… it will never die until it’s head is cut off and the sun goes down and in this case, we have an entire nationality acting as the head of the snake…from the time they are toddlers, they are taught to hate all really civilized people.
They are not a problem anymore…..but there is a growing abscess in the ME….chuq
Isis will always be a problem as long as there is a single one of them running around somewhere.
WE can say that about any movement….including some of the ones here. chuq
Yes we can say that about any movement…including some of the ones that are here….especially the right wing radical faction in the House of Reprehensibles.
The House is not on any movement it is however a huge joke. chuq