$2,000,000,000
in the bank—thanks to military victories in the past few months. ISIS has become the most well-funded terrorist group in the world
ISIS makes $3 million each day from oil, and expanded its capital massively after the capture of Iraq’s second city, Mosul, in June
6,000,000
people already live under its control, across 35,000 square miles of territory in Iraq and Syria, an area captured largely over the past six months
470,000
square miles — that’s how much land ISIS aspires to, reversing the Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916 and upending the modern map of the Middle East.
Also, they’ve vowed to “conquer Rome and own the world”
80,000
fighters have either joined the cause, or been forced to become part of it. Three years ago, ISIS consisted of just 1,000 armed militants
That’s what they call ‘hockey-stick growth’ in Silicon Valley. Compare those numbers to any non-evil, non-terroristic start-up
40,000
tweets were sent in a single day from the accounts of ISIS supporters.
It’s built a huge, sophisticated web of connected Twitter accounts that amplify every single message
7,087
Iraqi civilians have died so far this year — the highest death toll since 2008
410
pages of ISIS’s slick annual report (also available in English) detail the group’s activities—and its efforts to become the world’s dominant terrorism brand, with magazines, T-shirts, apparel, and even passports
280
seconds of footage in the video of James Foley’s murder.
ISIS’s social media videos are disconcertingly polished, with high-production values.
And they don’t just revel in brutal beheadings: their propaganda shows militants giving candy and ice cream to children and visiting hospitals
93
air strikes have been launched by the U.S. against ISIS since August 8
55
days since ISIS declared their leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the caliph of the newly-created Islamic State—the 156th caliphate since Mohammed’s death
7
months between President Obama telling the New Yorker that
“If a JV team puts on Lakers uniforms, that doesn’t make them Kobe Bryant”
and announcing after the death of James Foley that
“No just God would stand for what they did yesterday and what they do every single day.”
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There is no known ransom being offered for kidnapped journalist Steven Sotloff. In ISIS’s last video, the masked jihadi who killed James Foley instead offered a scenario with no good options:
“The life of this American citizen, Obama, depends on your next decision.”
