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Terror Networks
As defections rise, ISIS faces suicide bomber shortage
2015-02-10
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
 of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) holy warrior group is facing a shortage of willing deaders, after a recent string of defections following the loss of a key Syrian border town, activists within its territory say.

Since the loss of Kobane late last month to Kurdish forces, many bandidos hard boyz marked for suicide operations within the group have fled or defected to rival militias, anti-ISIS activist group Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently claims.

A source from inside the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, the de-facto ISIS capital, said that the bandidos hard boyz had set up road blocks and imposed strict security checks to stop jacket wallahs abandoning their tasks.

"There is great tension in Raqqa city, where ISIS suffered many defections in the past few days, said activist Abu Mohammed, according to UK newspaper the Daily Mail. "A source from within ISIS has confirmed that most of defections are from suicide bombers, where these defections are considered a painful blow to the group."

Anyone caught attempting to dodge their deadly orders is executed, the activist said.

ISIS commanders reportedly select foreign bandidos hard boyz for suicide missions because they often lack experience in fighting ‐ with special training camps designed to filter out foreigners of little military to the group and prepare them for suicide operations, according to the Daily Mail.

ISIS is also under pressure from the heaviest U.S.-led air strikes since the start of the year.

At least 70 of its fighters have been killed by an escalation of the strikes since the group released a video showing it burning a captive Jordanian pilot to death last week, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

On Monday, ISIS reportedly withdrew some of its hard boyz and equipment from areas northeast of the Syrian city of Aleppo, rebels and residents say, adding to signs of strain in the Syrian provinces of its self-declared caliphate.
Posted by:Fred

#11  The Koran isn't big on robotics and automation is it? Sometimes fundamentalism sucks.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-02-10 10:16  

#10  When a string of conquests proves they have Allah's blessing, a string of defeats proves they do not. Even having to scurry about in women's clothing and civilian vehicles instead of triumphant columns of captured humvees drives home the message of defeat rather than clever, temporary subterfuge.
Posted by: trailing wife   2015-02-10 09:17  

#9  "Suicide hotline, call now, our operators are standing by"
Posted by: Frank G   2015-02-10 09:10  

#8  In the case of an active conventional battlefield, with an adversary who holds ground and needs to resupply his units with fresh troops, food, water and equipment, across a terrain that's mostly desert, there's no shortage of targets to interdict.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2015-02-10 08:44  

#7  It's not just the number of sorties or the quality of munitions, or even the accuracy of target selection intelligence; the will to accept collateral damage or mistakes can really ramp up the 'effectiveness' of the attacks.

Obama has shown little reluctance to kill entire families via air attack when high-value jihadists were spotted.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2015-02-10 08:40  

#6  It's cumulative. 5500 sorties have been flown
It's not just the number of sorties or the quality of munitions, or even the accuracy of target selection intelligence; the will to accept collateral damage or mistakes can really ramp up the 'effectiveness' of the attacks.
Posted by: Glenmore   2015-02-10 08:29  

#5  The reason ISIS is crumbling is because Uncle Sam did the heavy lifting for almost a decade. There's no way the Shiites and the Kurds could have stood up against Saddam's remnants if the US had declared victory and left after executing Saddam. We are talking probably north of 100K men with battlefield experience fighting both Iran and Coalition forces.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2015-02-10 07:51  

#4  Anyone actually believe 70 casualties has them under any pressure?

It's cumulative. 5500 sorties have been flown, using precision weaponry against ragtag rebels. 100K sorties were flown during Desert Storm, but a lot of that was dumb bombs, a fair chunk of which did a limited amount of damage. At this rate, I expect ISIS to disintegrate before the end of the year, as long as the Kurds and the Shiites keep up the ground campaign. Ultimately, they are serving the role of the Northern Alliance during the collapse of the Taliban in 2001 and 2002.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2015-02-10 07:46  

#3  Anyone actually believe 70 casualties has them under any pressure?
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2015-02-10 06:04  

#2  AlQ, probably, rolling on the floor, laughing.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-02-10 03:16  

#1  Well, it not like you can use them again.
Posted by: Steven   2015-02-10 01:36  

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