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ISIL quiz

Cardinal said:
"7. What is IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s real name?"

I stopped there. When these "How much do you really know about...?" quizzes stoop to such minutiae I know my understanding of the situation isn't going to be expanded in any practical, meaningful way.
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Yea I agree on that question … although some questions were thought provoking and informative.
 
Cardinal said:
"7. What is IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s real name?"

I stopped there. When these "How much do you really know about...?" quizzes stoop to such minutiae I know my understanding of the situation isn't going to be expanded in any practical, meaningful way.
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Dions link takes you directly to question 7. You need to use the source below to start at question 1 otherwise you will only get 7 of the 14 questions to answer.

How much do you know about the Islamic State? - prime source - CSMonitor.com

I can't imagine that you will have any trouble answering the majority of the questions correctly Cardinal. There's a couple of doozies but most are pretty easily answered.
 
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Correct 2 Wrong 86% You answered 12 of 14 questions correctly for a total score of 86
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I got Baghdadis name by process of elimination..but I got the name wrong!! LOL. I used ISIL -
in fact they call themselves simply Islamic State.
 
Missed one question. Baghdadi's real name.
 
I missed 3, but now am better informed, thanks.
 
https://www.aei.org/publication/brennan-admits-isis-was-decimated-under-bush-but-has-grown-under-obama-by-as-much-as-4400-percent/?utm_source=paramount&utm_medium=email&utm_content =AEITHISWEEK&utm_campaign=Weekly122615

CIA director Brennan admits ISIS was “decimated” under Bush, but has grown as much as 4,400% under Obama

Foreign and Defense Policy, Middle East, Terrorism




In a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies yesterday, CIA director John Brennan made a startling admission: The Islamic State was “decimated” under George W. Bush and had just “700-or-so adherents left” following the surge in Iraq. Said Brennan:
[ISIS] was, you know, pretty much decimated when US forces were there in Iraq. It had maybe 700-or-so adherents left. And then it grew quite a bit in the last several years, when it split then from al-Qaida in Syria, and set up its own organization.​
US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Brennan addresses a conference on national security in Washington October 27, 2015. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas.

But in September 2014, a CIA analysis found that:
[ISIS] can muster between 20,000 and 31,500 fighters across Iraq and Syria … This new total reflects an increase in members because of stronger recruitment since June following battlefield successes and the declaration of a caliphate, greater battlefield activity, and additional intelligence.​
This means that, by the CIA’s own estimate, ISIS has grown on President Obama’s watch from just 700 fighters to between 20,000 and 31,500 fighters.
That is an increase of between 2,700 and 4,400 %. . . .


 
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