I don't think anyone realized how organized these barbarians are.
Army Know-How Seen as Factor in ISIS Successes
By BEN HUBBARD and ERIC SCHMITTAUG. 27, 2014
BAGHDAD — As fighters for the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria continue to seize territory, the group has quietly built an effective management structure of mostly middle-aged Iraqis, including many military officers under Saddam Hussein, overseeing departments of finance, arms, local governance, military operations and recruitment.
At the top the organization is the self-declared leader of all Muslims, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a radical chief executive officer of sorts, who handpicked many of his deputies from among the men he met while a prisoner in American custody at the Camp Bucca detention center.
He had a preference for military men, and so his leadership team includes many officers from Saddam Hussein’s long-disbanded military.
Continue reading at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/28/w...now-how-seen-as-factor-in-isis-successes.html?
Army Know-How Seen as Factor in ISIS Successes
By BEN HUBBARD and ERIC SCHMITTAUG. 27, 2014
BAGHDAD — As fighters for the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria continue to seize territory, the group has quietly built an effective management structure of mostly middle-aged Iraqis, including many military officers under Saddam Hussein, overseeing departments of finance, arms, local governance, military operations and recruitment.
At the top the organization is the self-declared leader of all Muslims, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a radical chief executive officer of sorts, who handpicked many of his deputies from among the men he met while a prisoner in American custody at the Camp Bucca detention center.
He had a preference for military men, and so his leadership team includes many officers from Saddam Hussein’s long-disbanded military.
Continue reading at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/28/w...now-how-seen-as-factor-in-isis-successes.html?
