ISIS Exposed: Beheadings, Slavery, and the Hellish Reality of Radical Islam (34 page)

16
.
    
Ludovica Iaccino, “Isis and Jihadi Terrorists ‘Post 90 Tweets Every Minute’ to Spread Propaganda,” International Business Times, November 4, 2014,
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/isis-jihadi-terrorists-post-90-tweets-every-minute-spread-propaganda-1473064
.

17
.
    
Naina Bajekal, “ISIS Mass Beheading Video Took 6 Hours to Film and Multiple Takes,”
Time,
December 9, 2014,
http://time.com/3624976/isis-beheading-technology-video-trac-quilliam/
.

18
.
    
Erika Solomon, “ISIS Fighters Crave Snacks and Gadgets of the West They Disdain,”
Financial Times,
November 28, 2014,
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/5298d716-758a-11e4-a1a9-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3Ld2iJloI
.

19
.
    
Ryan Mauro, “ISIS Releases ‘Flames of War’ Feature Film to Intimidate West,” Clarion Project, September 21, 2014,
http://www.clarionproject.org/analysis/isis-releases-flames-war-feature-film-intimidate-west
.

20
.
    
Joseph A. Carter, Shiraz Maher, and Peter R. Neumann, “#Greenbirds: Measuring Importance and Influence in Syrian Foreign Fighter Networks,” International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence, 2014,
http://icsr.info/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ICSR-Report-Greenbirds-Measuring-Importance-and-Infleunce-in-Syrian-Foreign-Fighter-Networks.pdf
.

21
.
    
M. L. Nestel and Rachael Levy, “ISIS Supporters in America: The Jihadis Next Door?,” Vocativ, October 1, 2014,
http://www.vocativ.com/usa/nat-sec/isis-america-jihadi-next-door/?page=all
.

22
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Carter, Maher, and Neumann, “#Greenbirds.”

23
.
    
Nestel and Levy, “ISIS Supporters in America.”

24
.
    
Matt Zapotosky, “Virginia Woman Accused of Attempting to Aid Islamic State,”
Washington Post,
November 17, 2014,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/va-woman-accused-of-attempting-to-support-isis/2014/11/17/060c250c-6e8b-11e4-893f-86bd390a3340_story.html
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CHAPTER ONE: THE CALIPHATE RETURNS

1
.
      
John Hall, “Western Aid ‘Is Funding ISIS Fighters’ because Jihadists Are Demanding Huge Bribes to Let Trucks Carrying Supplies Reach Desperate Families, Official Claims,”
Daily Mail,
October 20, 2014,
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2800100/western-aid-funding-isis-fighters-jihadists-demanding-huge-bribes-let-trucks-carrying-supplies-reach-desperate-families-official-claims.html
.

2
.
      
George Packer, “The Common Enemy,”
New Yorker,
August 25, 2014,
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/08/25/the-common-enemy
.

3
.
      
Janine di Giovanni, Leah McGrath Goodman, and Damien Sharkov, “How Does ISIS Fund Its Reign of Terror?,”
Newsweek,
November 6, 2014,
http://www.newsweek.com/2014/11/14/how-does-isis-fund-its-reign-terror-282607.html
.

4
.
      
Spencer Ackerman, “Foreign Jihadists Flocking to Iraq and Syria on ‘Unprecedented Scale’—UN,”
Guardian,
October 30, 2014,
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/30/foreign-jihadist-iraq-syria-unprecedented-un-isis
.

5
.
      
Greg Miller, “Airstrikes against Islamic State Do Not Seen [sic] to Have Affected Flow of Fighters to Syria,”
Washington Post,
October 30, 2014,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/airstrikes-against-the-islamic-state-have-not-affected-flow-of-foreign-fighters-to-syria/2014/10/30/aa1f124a-603e-11e4-91f7-5d89b5e8c251_story.html
.

6
.
      
Athena Yenko, “ISIS Is World [sic] Richest Terrorist Group in History,” International Business Times, November 13, 2014,
http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/572651/20141113/isis-forbes-israel-list-ten-richest-terrorist.htm#.VIoNryfQlJk
.

7
.
      
Martin Chulov, “ISIS: The Inside Story,”
Guardian,
December 11, 2014,
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/11/-sp-isis-the-inside-story
.

8
.
      
Rachel Avraham, “Hezbollah’s War against ISIS,” Foreign Policy Association, August 31, 2014,
http://foreignpolicyblogs.com/2014/08/31/hezbollahs-war-against-isis/
.

9
.
      
“ISIS Allegedly Issues ‘Caliphate’ Passport,” Al Arabiya News, July 5, 2014,
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/07/05/ISIS-allegedly-issues-caliphate-passport.html
; Cheryl K. Chumley, “Islamic State Touts $250M Year-End Budget Surplus; Opens Bank,”
Washington Times,
January 5, 2015,
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/5/islamic-state-touts-250m-year-end-budget-surplus-o/
; Associated Press, “ISIS Says It Will Create Its Own Currency,”
New York Post,
November 14, 2014,
http://nypost.com/2014/11/14/isis-says-it-will-create-its-own-currency/
.

10
.
    
Raf Sanchez, “Does the Islamic State Have a Scud Missile?,”
Telegraph
, June 30, 2014,
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/10936926/Does-the-Islamic-State-have-a-Scud-missile.html
.

11
.
    
Jeremy Bender, “As ISIS Routs the Iraqi Army, Here’s a Look at What the Jihadists Have in Their Arsenal,” Business Insider, July 8, 2014,
http://www.businessinsider.com/isis-military-equipment-breakdown-2014-7?op=1#ixzz3LnUTdS3D
.

12
.
    
David Majumdar, “U.S. Fighter Jocks Pray the ‘ISIS Air Force’ Rumors Are True,” Daily Beast, October 21, 2014,
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/10/21/u-s-fighter-jocks-pray-the-isis-air-force-rumors-are-true.html
.

13
.
    
Thomas Gibbons-Neff, “Islamic State Has a Guide to Shoot Down Apache Helicopters with MANPADS,”
Washington Post,
October 28, 2014,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2014/10/28/islamic-state-has-a-guide-to-shoot-down-apache-helicopters-with-manpads/
.

14
.
    
Ted Thornhill, “ISIS Arming Themselves with US-Made Military Hardware to Wage Jihad across the Middle East after Seizing Weapons from Syrian Rebels and Iraqi Soldiers,”
Daily Mail,
September 9, 2014,
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2749197/ISIS-arming-US-military-hardware-wage-jihad-Middle-East-seizing-weapons-Syrian-rebels-Iraqi-soldiers.html
.

15
.
    
Nabih Bulos, Patrick J. McDonnell, and Raja Abdulrahim, “ISIS Weapons Windfall May Alter Balance in Iraq, Syria Conflicts,”
Los Angeles Times,
June 29, 2014,
http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-iraq-isis-arms-20140629-story.html#page=1
.

16
.
    
Ibid.

17
.
    
Bill Hutchison, “ISIS Seizes Chemical Weapons Depot Near Baghdad, May Have Access to Deadly Sarin Gas Rockets,”
New York Daily News,
July 9, 2014,
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/isis-seizes-chemical-weapons-depot-baghdad-sarin-gas-rockets-article-1.1859934
.

18
.
    
Matt Schiavenza, “ISIS Captures Iraqi Chemical Weapons Facility,” International Business Times, June 19, 2014,
http://www.ibtimes.com/isis-captures-iraqi-chemical-weapons-facility-1606450
.

19
.
    
Loveday Morris, “Islamic State Militants Allegedly Used Chlorine Gas against Iraqi Security Forces,”
Washington Post,
October 23, 2014,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/islamic-state-militants-allegedly-used-chlorine-gas-against-iraqi-security-forces/2014/10/23/c865c943-1c93-4ac0-a7ed-033218f15cbb_story.html
.

20
.
    
Alexander Smith, “Nuclear Experts Play Down Threat of Uranium Stolen by ISIS,” NBC News, July 10, 2014,
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/iraq-turmoil/nuclear-experts-play-down-threat-uranium-stolen-isis-n152926
.

21
.
    
Adam Kredo, “Report: Islamic State Claims ‘Radioactive Device’ Now in Europe,” Washington Free Beacon, December 8, 2014,
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/report-islamic-state-claims-radioactive-device-now-in-europe/
.

22
.
    
Noah Shachtman, “Hidden Horrors: Western Intelligence Suspects Assad Has a Secret Chemical Stockpile,” Daily Beast, May 1, 2014,
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/05/01/western-intelligence-suspects-assad-has-a-secret-chemical-stockpile.html
.

23
.
    
Annabel Grossman, “ISIS Using Bombs Containing Live Scorpions in Effort to Spread Panic, in Tactics Used 2,000 Years Ago against Romans,”
Daily Mail,
December 16, 2014,
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2875968/ISIS-using-bombs-containing-live-SCORPIONS-effort-spread-panic-tactic-used-2-000-years-ago-against-Romans.html
.

24
.
    
Fred Lucas, “Obama Has Touted al Qaeda’s Demise 32 Times since Benghazi Attack,” CNS News, November 1, 2012,
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-touts-al-qaeda-s-demise-32-times-benghazi-attack-0
.

25
.
    
David Remnick, “Going the Distance: On and Off the Road with Barack Obama,”
New Yorker,
January 27, 2014,
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/01/27/going-the-distance-2?currentPage=all
.

26
.
    
Marc A. Thiessen, “Obama vs. the Generals,”
Washington Post,
September 15, 2014,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-obama-overrules-his-generals-in-fight-against-islamic-state/2014/09/15/0cff59a0-3ce1-11e4-9587-5dafd96295f0_story.html
.

27
.
    
Terence P. Jeffrey, “Flashback—Obama: ‘We’re Leaving behind a Sovereign, Stable and Self-Reliant Iraq,’” CNS News, June 12, 2014,
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/flashback-obama-we-re-leaving-behind-sovereign-stable-and-self
.

28
.
    
Jonathan Karl, “3 Times Obama Administration Was Warned about ISIS Threat,” ABC News, September 29, 2014,
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/times-obama-administration-warned-isis-threat/story?id=25843517
.

29
.
    
Ibid.

30
.
    
Ibid.

31
.
    
Jeffrey, “Flashback—Obama.”

32
.
    
Brendan Bordelon, “Former Iraq Ambassador: Obama ‘Warned by Everybody’ about ISIS, but ‘Did Almost Nothing,’” National Review Online, October 29, 2014,
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/391398/former-iraq-ambassador-obama-warned-everybody-about-isis-did-almost-nothing-brendan
.

33
.
    
James Franklin Jeffrey, “Behind the U.S. Withdrawal from Iraq: Negotiations Were Repeatedly Disrupted by Obama White House Staffers’ Inaccurate Public Statements,”
Wall Street Journal,
November 2, 2014,
http://www.wsj.com/articles/james-franklin-jeffrey-behind-the-u-s-withdrawal-from-iraq-1414972705
.

34
.
    
Mary Anne Weaver, “The Short, Violent Life of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi,”
Atlantic,
July 1, 2006,
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2006/07/the-short-violent-life-of-abu-musab-al-zarqawi/304983/
.

35
.
    
“ISIS: Portrait of a Jihadi Terrorist Organization,” Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, November 2014,
http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/Data/articles/Art_20733/101_14_Ef_1329270214.pdf
.

36
.
    
Weaver, “The Short, Violent Life.”

37
.
    
“ISIS: Portrait of a Jihadi Terrorist Organization.”

38
.
    
Janine di Giovanni, “Who Is ISIS Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi?,”
Newsweek,
December 8, 2014,
http://www.newsweek.com/2014/12/19/who-isis-leader-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-290081.html
.

39
.
    
Ruth Sherlock, “How a Talented Footballer Became World’s Most Wanted Man, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,”
Telegraph
, November 11, 2014,
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/10948846/How-a-talented-footballer-became-worlds-most-wanted-man-Abu-Bakr-al-Baghdadi.html
.

40
.
    
Chulov, “ISIS: The Inside Story.”

41
.
    
Sherlock, “How a Talented Footballer.”

42
.
    
Di Giovanni, “Who Is ISIS Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi?”

43
.
    
Chulov, “ISIS: The Inside Story.”

44
.
    
Bill Sanderson, “Iraq Insurgency Leader: ‘I’ll See You in New York,’”
New York Post,
June 14, 2014,
http://nypost.com/2014/06/14/iraq-insurgency-leader-ill-see-you-in-new-york/
.