34 posted 3 years ago by ThePopCan 3 years ago by ThePopCan +34 / -0 4 comments share 4 comments share save hide report block hide replies
I understand ISIS are largely comprised of ex-Saddam armed forces personnel.
Is that your understanding?
Wiki (if that's good for anything) corroborates your understanding: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant
I think there was a mutation of the organization in Syria via Operation Timber Sycamore, when the US armed and trained anti-Assad forces, though admit ignorance of details re: near-east post 2013.