We are not going to see any major break in these heavily Sunni areas in Iraq until the U.S. is able to get the Sunnis back on board. And that is also going to involve some arm-twisting on the Shia leadership in order for them to give a little bit to the Sunnis.

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It’s obvious that the threat will always remain. by Scott Stewart

It’s obvious that the threat will always remain.

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It’s going to be difficult, the sheer size of city. It’s really Iraq’s second city. They have a lot of infestation. The question is, ‘ are they [ ISIS ] going to flee or are they going to hold on because of the meaning of Mosul ? ’.

When you look at the number of passengers every day, and the number of stations that we have, you would need to institute security at every station along a subway, instituting that same level of security would be very costly. It would also create tie-ups and bog down commuting times.

The region is awash in weapons. by Scott Stewart

The region is awash in weapons.

It’s not combat troops that are being sent there, those being sent will gather Intel and likely brief the Cameroon government, as well as, others in the region.

I think probably a lot of them have some truth, he wants to try t... by Scott Stewart

I think probably a lot of them have some truth, he wants to try to foster that whole mystique.

I think there's a false narrative that says El Chapo is kind of t... by Scott Stewart

I think there's a false narrative that says El Chapo is kind of this benevolent businessman.

As the Islamic State is getting locked down, they are squeezing t... by Scott Stewart

As the Islamic State is getting locked down, they are squeezing the local population.

And that’s going to build resentment among the people in the regi... by Scott Stewart

And that’s going to build resentment among the people in the region eventually.

What we saw was the Maliki government eviscerate the leadership of the Iraqi Army. When they continue with these anti-Sunni pogroms to get rid of … these people, it made it very difficult to keep any sort of cohesion.

These are guys that likely spun off from the Taliban. for them, aligning themselves with the Islamic State’s ideology is much more in line for them, more so than with Al Qaeda’s ideology.

There are a tendency for these people to become more radical and that is what we are seeing right now with these guys who either have a problem with the Taliban leadership or discouraged by their lack of progress.

The problems are not going to go away as long as the ideology of jihadism … continue to try and destabilize and take over governments … we really need to work with our allies in the region … to work towards an ideological solution where Muslims themselves can undercut the ideology of jihadism.

When we take all these little puzzle pieces together and we assemble our mosaic, it's very clear that they're having issues. ... I believe that they are hurting.

You see these disenfranchised people, and it’s a very good recruitment pool, (Jihadists) are looking for angry, underemployed guys. It’s a good target audience for them.

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Soeren Kern see these disenfranchised people, and it’s a very goo... by Scott Stewart

Soeren Kern see these disenfranchised people, and it’s a very good recruitment pool.

It’s possible that they were trained in Yemen or anywhere on the Arabian Peninsula, this was a highly trained team. They were trained in small arms and small unit tactics. What they were displaying is guerrilla warfare 101.

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I would bet cash that these guys were known to the police, but it is hard to track them, especially in France, where there are so many of them.

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These men were working as a fire team. by Scott Stewart

These men were working as a fire team.

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