Sunday, November 16, 2014

War with Isis: Islamic militants have army of 200,000, claims senior Kurdish leader - Middle East - World - The Independent

War with Isis: Islamic militants have army of 200,000, claims senior Kurdish leader - Middle East - World - The Independent: The Islamic State (Isis) has recruited an army hundreds of thousands strong, far larger than previous estimates by the CIA, according to a senior Kurdish leader. He said the ability of Isis to attack on many widely separated fronts in Iraq and Syria at the same time shows that the number of militant fighters is at least 200,000, seven or eight times bigger than foreign in intelligence estimates of up to 31,500 men.

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