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Report Copyright Violation | LMAO, They're Playing the Terrorism "Race Card" Figured this is fitting since GLP gets equally frenzied over blacks and muslims. Smells of propaganda, notice it's like they're comparing two football teams, or trying to pitch something. Maybe an indicator the focus is about to shift back to Africa for a bit... Will Racism Keep ISIS from Teaming Up with Boko Haram? [ link to www.nbcnews.com] [...] Now that ISIS is operating in northern Africa, will the Syria-based organization join forces with the continent's largest Islamist terror group?
Maybe not, say U.S. intelligence officials, and they suggest one obstacle is racism.
"The Arab world is incredibly racist," explained a U.S. intelligence official. "They don't see black Africans as equivalent to them."
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The groups differ in many ways. Both use social media, but the ISIS campaign is much more sophisticated - using more than 20 languages -- and attempts to communicate the Islamic rationale for its operations. Boko Haram posts increasingly slick videos on the web, like one released Tuesday that threatens the leaders of Cameroon, Benin and Chad, but its prime recruiting tool is older and simpler than social media. "Boko Haram," said one official, "uses fear."
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ISIS has more "hardcore" soldiers than Boko Haram -- about 26,000 to 31,000 compared to 4,000 to 6,000. ISIS is also more attractive to foreign fighters, with an estimated 2,700 Westerners having fought for the group. Intelligence officials say that other than a few fighters who've crossed the border into Nigeria from Cameroon, Chad and Niger, the numbers of foreign fighters in Boko Haram are negligible. [...]
But even if there is no link beyond shared values between the groups, ISIS may be a role model for Boko Haram, said Michael Sheehan, chairman of the Countering Terrorism Center at West Point. He said he's "not sure" Boko Haram would've "gone the caliphate route" if ISIS hadn't done so first.
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The two groups also share a crucial asset: a charismatic leader. Intelligence officials say that just as Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's persona is central to ISIS, Abubakar Shekau's "fiery persona" has made him a strong commander-in-chief of Boko Haram -- one who would be difficult to replace.
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02/18/2015 11:07 PM
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: LMAO, They're Playing the Terrorism "Race Card" They get along justfine |
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: LMAO, They're Playing the Terrorism "Race Card" They get along justfine
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 64821548 Do they? I dunno, but I do know there isn't anything the media won't play the race card over these days. |
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: LMAO, They're Playing the Terrorism "Race Card"
US Official: ISIS Will Not Join Boko Haram Due to Racism [ link to www.breitbart.com] A U.S. intelligence officer told NBC News the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) will not likely team up with Nigerian radical Islamic group Boko Haram in any official capacity due to the group’s racism against black Africans.
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But as the International Business Times points out, race might not be an issue. During the Ferguson riots, the Islamic State attempted to tell protesters that blacks in America need to embrace Islam because the United States is “racist and oppressive.” The SITE Intelligence Group reported that many of the Islamic State social media accounts target black Americans.
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Boko Haram in its current form began to terrorize northeast Nigeria in 2009, which makes the group older than the Islamic State. However, they only declared the area a Caliphate two months after the Islamic State announced its Caliphate in Syria and Iraq. Both adhere to strict Islamic law and produce propaganda videos. |
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02/21/2015 05:10 PM
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: LMAO, They're Playing the Terrorism "Race Card" Tough times ahead for folks who thought 'back of the bus' and locking up pot smokers was ok.
dont feel good to be treated like shit do it ?
Cheney becomes a billionaire after getting govt and people love em...fuk me.
he lives in gold mansion while his fans get their chance to be the naggers of america? |
