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I'm not sure how this is even a debate. Legolas Send a noteboard - 18/11/2015 08:00:47 PM

View original postBut despite the heavy efforts to make this an Iraqi problem and thus a Bush problem the group built its number and strength in Syria and moved from there into Iraq. Not surprising many of it's members fought in Iraq but to say ISIS grew out of the unrest in Iraq is nothing more than believing in fairytales because you like the story.

Of course you can keep tracing things back infinitely, but what's clear is that at one point there was Al Qaeda in Iraq, which merged into Islamic State of Iraq, which then became Islamic State of Iraq and Syria only in 2013. Al-Baghdadi, as you can guess from the name, is an Iraqi and led an Iraqi group until 2013. Certainly, he was also indirectly involved in Syria after the outbreak of the civil war in 2011 - but mostly through Jabhat al-Nusra, which as you know is now very much independent from, and hostile to, ISIS after the failed attempt to absorb them in 2013.

If you're talking only about holding territory, then you are partially right as they first held a little territory in Syria in the course of 2013, but before long also in their homeland Iraq.

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Obama, a few days ago - ISIS is "contained" Anonymous2000 - 14/11/2015 08:22:40 PM 1697 Views
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Obama pullying troops out early random thoughts - 17/11/2015 07:22:10 PM 877 Views
How did ISIS start in Syria? Clearly it started in Iraq. Legolas - 17/11/2015 07:50:36 PM 1015 Views
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I'm not sure how this is even a debate. Legolas - 18/11/2015 08:00:47 PM 1012 Views
where did they first take and any significant territory? *NM* random thoughts - 19/11/2015 07:43:19 PM 542 Views
You're an idiot *NM* TheCrownless - 14/11/2015 09:32:17 PM 576 Views
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I don't understand you. Tom - 17/11/2015 01:48:02 AM 948 Views
That is because I am not against intellectualism random thoughts - 17/11/2015 07:35:17 PM 1007 Views
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78% of all Syrian "refugees" are men. Something is up. *NM* Anonymous2000 - 17/11/2015 04:03:14 AM 681 Views
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No. You've just gone from a horrific extreme to the pathetic opposite extreme. *NM* Tom - 20/11/2015 06:08:05 PM 544 Views
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Just answer one question Tom - 20/11/2015 06:05:41 PM 973 Views
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Calling all liberal posters - Paris Mastermind boasts about using the refugee crisis Anonymous2000 - 17/11/2015 04:30:25 AM 936 Views
Again, you're doing a great job for them. ironclad - 17/11/2015 08:17:09 AM 1390 Views
"Even if there were a handful of terrorists among the refugees" Anonymous2000 - 17/11/2015 01:23:54 PM 1047 Views
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"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free...." moondog - 20/11/2015 12:37:55 AM 1043 Views
It's a fucking statue. It has nothing to do with freedom or anything of the sort. Cannoli - 20/11/2015 01:17:57 AM 1055 Views
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