CleggaZ on 23 August 2014
| ArnoldRimmer said: I'm mainly wondering where they're coming from, how they could rise SO quickly. The Google trends charts demonstrates what I mean: http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=isis There was virtually no talk whatsoever about ISIS until June this year, then it went through the roof. How can it happen that pretty much over night, an army with an armada of shiny new white Toyota Hilux trucks seems to appear out of nowhere and within a few weeks conquers half the arab world? Who paid for all those Toyotas? Who paid for all weapons, where are they from? There must be some pretty rich sponsors behind them. |
I believe there are currently around 15,000 ISIS fighters occupying an area with a population over 4 million (a number which is probably dropping pretty quickly). I’ve heard on various news reports over the last few weeks that of this 15,000 around 5,000 are suspected to be from European countries including the U.K.
