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Hassan Hassan

Hassan Hassan Quotes

Total quotes: 2

Hassan Hassan

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Occupations: Journalist

Total quotes: 2

“ISIS is a terrorist organization, but it isn’t only a terrorist organization. It is also a mafia adept at exploiting decades-old transnational gray markets for oil and arms trafficking. It is a conventional military that mobilizes and deploys foot soldiers with a professional acumen that has impressed members of the US military. It is a sophisticated intelligence-gathering apparatus that infiltrates rival organizations and silently recruits within their ranks before taking them over, routing them in combat, or seizing their land. It is a slick propaganda machine effective at disseminating its message and calling in new recruits via social media.”

— Michael Weiss, Hassan Hassan, ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror

Tagged: What Is ISIS, ISIS, Middle East, Terrorism

“ISIS presents itself to an embattled Sunni minority in Iraq, and an even more persecuted and victimized Sunni majority in Syria, as the sect’s last line of defense against a host of enemies— the ‘infidel’ United States, the ‘apostate’ Gulf Arab states, the ‘Nusayri’ Alawite dictatorship in Syria, the ‘rafida’ one in Iran, and the latter’s satrapy in Baghdad. Even here, as with all conspiracy theories, ISIS relies on kernels of truth and awkward geopolitical realities to depict a satanic global enterprise ranged against it.”

— Michael Weiss, Hassan Hassan, ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror

Tagged: What Is ISIS, ISIS, Middle East, How ISIS Presents Itself

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