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. Scott Stewart More Quotes by Scott Stewart More Quotes From Scott Stewart Meth seizures along the border increased 255-percent from over 8,400 kilograms in 2012 to 30,081 kilograms — that’s the weight of an average loaded cement truck — in 2017. ( U.S. Customs and Border Protection) We are seeing very large seizures of methamphetamine being smuggled across the border into the U.S.. Scott Stewart us It’s obvious that the threat will always remain. Scott Stewart latest-headlines 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 ? ’. Scott Stewart world 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. Scott Stewart us The region is awash in weapons. Scott Stewart world 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. Scott Stewart world I think probably a lot of them have some truth, he wants to try to foster that whole mystique. Scott Stewart top-news I think there's a false narrative that says El Chapo is kind of this benevolent businessman. Scott Stewart top-news As the Islamic State is getting locked down, they are squeezing the local population. Scott Stewart world And that’s going to build resentment among the people in the region eventually. Scott Stewart world 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. Scott Stewart world 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. Scott Stewart world 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. Scott Stewart world 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. Scott Stewart world 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. Scott Stewart world 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. Scott Stewart latest-headlines Soeren Kern see these disenfranchised people, and it’s a very good recruitment pool. Scott Stewart world 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. Scott Stewart latest-headlines 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. Scott Stewart latest-headlines These men were working as a fire team. Scott Stewart latest-headlines
