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Inspired by al qaeda and i. S. I. L. When and where are the next ones going to be . In truth throw Law Enforcement experts say home groups are present a bigger problem than radicalized groups overseas. Nevertheless, the meteoric rise of i. S. I. L. Has taken officials by surprise. Nearly two years ago, heavily armed men waving black flags swept into fallujah. The same fallujah that americans fought over ten years ago. I. S. I. L. Wasnt even part of the public lexicon then but the group has met as at metastasiz. In neighboring syria where plots attacks in the west. I. S. I. L, i. S. I. S, daesh, Islamic State, whatever you want to call it, the group has now overtaken al qaeda as the biggest foreign terrorist threats in the minds of americans and that has Law Enforcement agencies scrambling to disrupt i. S. I. L. Activity ....
Maintain its start as the world s most affluent terrorist organization. I. S. I. L. s got a ready source of revenue that does not depend as much on a donor network, does not depend on countries that give you money through the back door. Theyve got a bit of a business going. Slu absolutely. They have always been that way. Right now their revenue portfolio includes oil as you said and then also ex tors and extortion and taxation much as a state would do. Ransom, a major part of their revenue . Ransom has always been a nontrivial but small part of it. Nothing compared to extortion, oil, money they stole from banks whether they took over cities throughout iraq and syria. You have estimated last year that i. S. I. L. Produced over 150,000 barrels of oil a day, thats huge. That amount has changed significantly since then. Whats their current production load and whats the best way to cut into that revenue stream . So the best estimates of currently production are around 30 to 40,000 barrels p ....
Talks underway to try to resolve the monthlong violence. Iraqi forces in ramadi say they have raised the iraqi flag above the Central Government building seized from i. S. I. L. I. S. I. L. Seized ramadi more than 100 kilometers west of baghdad back in may. The army along with sunni tribal fighters now control the government compound in the neighborhood, other reports had said i. S. I. L. Still controls parts of the city and we are joined now from irbill and tell us the very latest as it seems to be changing by the moment. Reporter yes, in the last few minutes you have heard a statement on iraqi state t. V. By one of the spokesmen for Counter Terrorism forces saying the compound that was being liberated since last night is now completely under the control of iraqi forces and they put the iraqi flag. This flag has gone up after may when iraqi forces left the area of ram ....
Shatz is a senior economist at the think tank rand, studied organizational structure ever i. S. I. L. When it was still known as al qaeda in iraq. Why its able to maintain its start as the world s most affluent terrorist organization. I. S. I. L. s got a ready source of revenue that does not depend as much on a donor network, does not depend on countries that give you money through the back door. Theyve got a bit of a business going. Slu absolutely. They have always been that way. Right now their revenue portfolio includes oil as you said and then also ex tors and extortion and taxation much as a state would do. Ransom, a major part of their revenue . Ransom has always been a nontrivial but small part of it. Nothing compared to extortion, oil, money they stole from banks whether they took over cities throughout iraq and syria. You have estimated last year that i. S. I. L. Produced over 150,000 barrels of oil a day, thats huge. That amount has changed significantly since then. Whats the ....