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Washington (CNN)The coalition fighting ISIS has killed more than 6,000 fighters, including half of the top command of the terror group, U.S. diplomatic officials said Thursday.
U.S. intelligence estimates that ISIS has a total force of somewhere between 9,000 to 18,000 fighters. However, it is also believed the group can draw on thousands of other fighters whose loyalty shifts and could muster a force upwards of 31,000 total.
U.S. officials say 6,000 ISIS fighters killed in battles - CNN.com
In your humble opinion, how many terrorists (Islamic Extremists) are there in the world? Total.
How many could be "mustered up" and drawn into some kind of battle, fight, or violent act including suicide bombing and such?
This is strictly asking for your opinion. Could be based on stuff you've read, or could be pulled from some dark recess of your inner fear.
What would you estimate?
1.7 billion that believe in a regressive medieval ideology.
It totally depends on whom you feel to fit the definition. Are Hamas fighters all terrorists although they report to a near government but terrorist organization? What about the Iranian guardsmen deployed to assist the terrorists here and there?
Voted "Other - please explain"
The issue here is intention to or actively engaging in terrorism does not totally encompass the problem. It sounds like it does, but we also have to consider those out there that by silence or some other passive support allow these groups to flourish. It makes this effort a little dubious to suggest what we think the total number of terrorists are, as even at a high level they will have a network or support, from family to businesses to other means.
I do not see what it proves on trying to nail down the actual number of terrorists, they are not out there in a vacuum.
U.S. officials say 6,000 ISIS fighters killed in battles - CNN.com
In your humble opinion, how many terrorists (Islamic Extremists) are there in the world? Total.
How many could be "mustered up" and drawn into some kind of battle, fight, or violent act including suicide bombing and such?
This is strictly asking for your opinion. Could be based on stuff you've read, or could be pulled from some dark recess of your inner fear.
What would you estimate?
U.S. officials say 6,000 ISIS fighters killed in battles - CNN.com
In your humble opinion, how many terrorists (Islamic Extremists) are there in the world? Total.
How many could be "mustered up" and drawn into some kind of battle, fight, or violent act including suicide bombing and such?
This is strictly asking for your opinion. Could be based on stuff you've read, or could be pulled from some dark recess of your inner fear.
What would you estimate?
Back before Isis/Isil I think I recall hearing something like 90% of Muslims reject terrorism. That sounds great and it is great but at the same time, that means 10% of 1.6 billion (with a b) people do not reject terrorism. Math was never my strong subject I think that's 1.6 million who embrace terrorism, making them the largest standing military on earth, albeit unorganized. Another thing to consider: the survey was conducted in areas of the world free and peaceful enough to carry out surveys. Many Muslims live in parts of the world where conducting an opinion poll is not possible and those places in particular are more likely to have higher percentages of the pro-terror ideology.
Yup. I asked for your opinion. Your guess. Based on whatever criteria you deemed reasonable. What's the number?
The problem is that lets say there are 100,000. If you somehow killed all them at one time, you would inspire another 200,000 to take their place.
U.S. officials say 6,000 ISIS fighters killed in battles - CNN.com
In your humble opinion, how many terrorists (Islamic Extremists) are there in the world? Total.
How many could be "mustered up" and drawn into some kind of battle, fight, or violent act including suicide bombing and such?
This is strictly asking for your opinion. Could be based on stuff you've read, or could be pulled from some dark recess of your inner fear.
What would you estimate?
There is no way to prove this one way or another. We killed millions of Nazis in WWII. It didn't "inspire" millions of others to take their place.
I think there would be many less if the US had not gotten involved in the Middle East.
And if there were not less, at least they wouldn't be our problem. But we can't. Why? We allow oil to run our economy with limited competition.
The problem is that lets say there are 100,000. If you somehow killed all them at one time, you would inspire another 200,000 to take their place.
The problem is that lets say there are 100,000. If you somehow killed all them at one time, you would inspire another 200,000 to take their place.
Is that a fantasy you have, or do you have something to back that up?
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