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| Terror Networks |
| Arson makes its way into the terrorist repertoire |
| 2019-06-20 |
| [Rudaw] After several years of drought, farmers in Syria and Iraq were looking forward to the bountiful harvests that this season’s ample rainfall made possible. Across northern Iraq and Syria, however, seemingly endless fires decimate their wheat fields just before the harvest. In Shingal, the field fires threaten already battered Yezidi communities and raged across suspected mass graves. In disputed territories, around places like Kirkuk, ... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time... suspicions regarding the arsonists responsible for setting crops ablaze exacerbate already tense inter-ethnic relations. In Syria, communities around Raqqa and other recently liberated areas must now deal with more suffering as their fields burn. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #6 We have no idea who lives or travels here. At one point, as I recall, Al Qaeda put out a call for arson jihad. I believe a jihadi or two were caught — either in the act or afterward — but so were some mischievous illegal Hispanic types, some idiotic native gringo yoots, and the usual lightning bolts. So they didn’t get the advertising hit they were looking for, and seem to have given up the idea as pointless. Or maybe they’re still trying, but their efforts continue to be dwarfed by what would have occurred without them. More of a concern would be knife, bomb, gun, and truck attacks in the cities... except they all seem to work out their plans with their FBI informant BFFs. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2019-06-20 21:25 |
| #5 He who plays with fire .... Curtis LeMay to the courtesy phone. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-06-20 21:07 |
| #4 Ref #3: We have no idea who lives or travels here. Feel free to scratch me from the possibles list. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-06-20 17:15 |
| #3 living in NorCal, I worry about arson here. California's huge forests can go up in flames without much help. California could suffer greatly with such a target. We have no idea who lives or travels here. |
| Posted by: Sgt.D.T. 2019-06-20 15:56 |
| #2 Was thinking the same. |
| Posted by: Woodrow 2019-06-20 12:00 |
| #1 Simply amazing. No mention of the Gaza arsonists. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2019-06-20 09:32 |