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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBig Surprise!! Pak.Taliban swears allegiance to Islamic State
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/10955563/Pakistani-terror-group-swears-allegiance-to-Islamic-State.htmlBelieved to be the first jihadi defection to Islamic State outside of Middle East, move emphasises growing influence of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's self-declared caliph and the waning hold of al-Qaeda
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Big Surprise!! Pak.Taliban swears allegiance to Islamic State (Original Post)
Rhinodawg
Oct 2014
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HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)1. Hmm. It seems we are not enough afraid of beheadings
we need to be moved toward a vision of ISIS with nuclear weapons.
Rhinodawg
(2,219 posts)3. Oh please...thats about as likely as...
planes slamming into the WTC.
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)4. Playing the image of fungi is very popular among they players
on one side of the great game.
Rhinodawg
(2,219 posts)5. Wow...I guess I had that coming..
if I had any idea of what your saying.
cali
(114,904 posts)6. and that's a fricking ridiculous statement. Gigantic Fail.
Are you totally unaware of the fucking trillion dollars spent on Homeland Security since 9/11? Or do you think we haven't improved security one iota since then; just wasted a trillion bucks? Do you think 9/11 redux could happen in the security environment of today? We've been assured it could not.
fear mongering is a real favorite of yours. it's offensive.
its good to see you. I missed you.
hows everything?
CJCRANE
(18,184 posts)2. Before he left office, Karzai complained
that all the while we were fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan, they would just run away to their safe havens in Pakistan.