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King of Jordan says ISIS is awarding sign on bonuses and paying the equivelent of an upper middle class wage and the promise of young girls to recruit young men.
Reportedly, ISIS is taking in $1-6 million a day in donations and from the sale of Syrian oil at deep discounts.
Iranian trained and funded Hezbollah have been fighting with Assad since shortly after the civil war started. Without the early help from Hezbollah, Assad would have fallen long ago. Iran has made no secret that they are in alliance with Assad. This is nothing new.
The Syrian civil war is a very complex matrix of international players. Some known and others, behind the scene, calling the shots.
I consider it a foreign relation minefield and the administration is very wise to step lightly and carefully, rather than rush in with our usual blustering demands.
And the U.S, (CIA) uses military contractors doing similar. ALL games, but war keeps military contractors in business.
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