In the fall of 2003, Colonel Steven Kleinman, a veteran Air Force interrogator, walked into a room at a classified location near Baghdad.
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Patrick Skinner Quoted on Agence France-Presse: A Year After IS Assault, Iraq Still on the Brink
A year after the Islamic State group launched a brutally effective offensive, Iraq is struggling to survive as a unified nation, gripped by seemingly endless violence, sectarianism and humanitarian tragedy.
Read MoreTSG IntelBrief Quoted on Business Insider: Kurds are Starting to Panic in the War Against ISIS
The Kurds desperately need an influx of arms and supplies in order to be able to continue to hold their 600-mile long border against ISIS attacks.
Read MoreTSG IntelBrief Quoted on Business Insider: ISIS is Turning US Humvees into Iraq’s Worst Nightmare
In an ironic twist of fate, more than two-thirds of the Humvees that the US government supplied to Iraq to fight terrorists have ended up in the hands of Islamic State militants.
Read MoreTSG IntelBrief Quoted on Al Jazeera English: The Rebranding of Nusra Front
“The enemy of my enemy,” goes the old adage, “is my friend”. It’s a popular quote that is often misattributed to the Arabs and yet, ironically, nowhere is it less true than in the Arab world.
Read MoreTSG IntelBrief Quoted on Business Insider: Iran and ISIS ‘Both Approach Iraq and Syria in the Same Way’
Iran and the Islamic State terror group are acting “in parallel” in Iraq and Syria, according to new analysis from The Soufan Group.
Read MorePatrick Skinner Quoted on PBS Frontline: What an Estimate of 10,000 ISIS Fighters Killed Doesn’t Tell Us
It’s been more than eight months since the United States mobilized a coalition and launched a campaign of airstrikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
Read MoreRichard Barrett Quoted on Al Jazeera America: Informant Claims Former Yemen Leader’s Regime Worked with Al-Qaeda
A former Al-Qaeda operative who says he later became an informant for the Yemeni government made the claim during three days of interviews in a location outside the Gulf.
Read MorePatrick Skinner Quoted on NBC News: Is U.S. Claim of 10,000 ISIS Dead Believable?
A top U.S. diplomat strayed from a long-held wartime taboo Wednesday when he reported that 10,000 ISIS militants had been killed in Iraq and Syria, raising questions about how that number was compiled and whether it accurately reflected a U.S.-led coalition’s success against the Islamic terror group.
Read MoreTSG IntelBrief Quoted by Agence France-Presse: Iraqi Officials Fear IS ‘Water War’ in Ramadi
Baghdad (AFP) – The Islamic State jihadist group will use its seizure of a dam in Ramadi to mount fresh attacks on pro-government forces preparing to besiege the city, Iraqi officials warned Wednesday…
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