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The Unexpected Explanation How "That Ford Truck" Ended Up In ISIS Hands

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Almost exactly a year ago, the media world was abuzz when as we reported then, a picture posted by Ansar al-Din Front, an Islamic extremist brigade, and which promptly went viral showed a Ford F250 truck with a "Mark-1 Plumbing" decal on the door and a militant standing in the bed firing the anti-aircraft gun.

 

And while most moved on quickly from this story, for one person the picture had a dramatic and scarring effect: the owner of said Mark-1 Plumbing company, a Texan by the name of Mark Oberholtzer, who as many know by now, is suing a Texas Ford dealership (Charlie Thomas Gord) for more than $1 million in financial losses and damages to his company's reputation, as a result of this pickup truck which he once owned, ending up with Islamic militants fighting in Syria's civil war.

As CNN summarizes, "all Mark Oberholtzer wanted to do was upgrade his ride. What he got instead was a world of trouble from half a world away."

"By the end of the day, Mark-1's office, Mark-1's business phone, and Mark's personal cell had received over 1,000 phone calls from around the nation," Oberholtzer's lawyer wrote in the lawsuit, filed December 9 in Harris County, Texas. "These phone calls were in large part harassing and contained countless threats of violence, property harm, injury and even death."

Oberholtzer said this wouldn't have happened if the dealership had just removed the decals before the truck was resold, as he had demanded, thus serving as the basis for his lawsuit (attached below).

But while we commiserate with Mr. Oberholzer, and wish him prompt restitution of damages as a result of unnecessary harassment, a far more important question is just how did Mark's 2005 Ford F250 Super Duty end up in under the control of the Islamic State.

The answer would be critical, as it will provide a factual, tracable answer how it is that ISIS is if not funded (we know already revealed a critical part of that story), then supplied with equipment and perhaps weapons.

The answer is stunning.

This is what the plaintiff states in his lawsuit:

According to a CARFAX Vehicle History Report (see Exhibit B), the vehicle was listed as a dealer vehicle sold at a Texas auto auction on November 11, 2013. On December 18, 2013 the vehicle was exported from Houston, Texas and imported to Mersin, Turkey.

And here is the proof straight from CARFAX, provided in Exhibit B of Oberholzer's lawsuit:

 

And the transaction history, with the relevant final clue highlighted:

 

Presenting Mersin, Turkey, a stone's throw from the infamous port of Ceyhan and about a hundred miles from the territory of the Islamic State:

 

Here is what happened:

  • On October 23, 2013, Mark Oberholtzer entered into a transaction with Charlie Thomas Ford, in which he traded-in his old 2005 Ford F-250 pickup truck for a newer 2012 Ford F-250 pickup truck.
  • Promptly thereafter, the vehicle was listed as a dealer vehicle sold at a Texas auto auction on November 11, 2013
  • Less than a month later, on December 18, 2013 the vehicle was exported from Houston, Texas and imported to Mersin, Turkey.
  • Less than a year later it was in the documented possession of the Islamic State.

So once again the "missing link" supplying ISIS emerges as none other than Turkey.

For those to whom the Turkey-ISIS connection comes as a surprise, we urge you to reread:

And while NATO-member Turkey supplying ISIS with funding, supplies, weapons or equipment is hardly groundbreaking news, the Ford "clue" poses new and important questions, such as:

  • who is the Turkish party that ordered and paid for the Ford truck's transfer to Turkey, and subsequently received compensation from the Islamic State in the subsequent resale?
  • which is the US party which transacts with Turkish counterparts, who ultimately ship US products to Islamic State fighters?
  • is the US party aware that its Turkish counterparty has dealings with ISIS
  • what is the role of the US government in all of this, because it would be surprising that an administration that has sworn it would crack down on all outside assistance to the Islamic State would be unaware that "made in the USA" trucks ended up in the Islamic State by way of its faitful NATO ally, Turkey.
  • how many other such vehicles sold  in the US and exported to Turkey, have  made their way to the Islamic State

We are confident that it will be relatively easy for any aspiring reporter to track down the US-based exporter of the Ford truck (and thus recipient of Turkish funds), just as it will be facile to uncover who was the Turkish buyer who signed the receipt invoice in Mersin, Turkey. What may be more difficult to uncover is whether the governments of the US and Turkey, respectively, were or are appraised about transactions such as this one, and if not, then why not?

We hope to be able to answer as many of the above as possible in the very near future.

The full Oberholtzer vs Charlie Thomas Ford lawsuit is below.

 

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Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:56 | 6927636 Miles Ahead
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And you're under fucking arrest.  I'm in Europe and this is a Citizen's Arrest.  Actually I'm in Athens... is that still Europe?

Anyway, 2 years for you! You Questioner!

Wed, 12/16/2015 - 02:22 | 6929411 flyingcaveman
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Is that because gasing and incinerating folks is contradictory to German efficiency?

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:32 | 6927502 smacker
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One  connection is that ISIS and the NAZIs are all totalitarian. ISIS uses Islam religion as a masquerade.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:33 | 6927510 The Pope
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Sounds a bit like 'Zionism' to me?!?

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:42 | 6927551 Boris Alatovkrap
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Yell, rant, spit in microphone, someone is follow you; yell, rant, spit enough without critical thinking population, you are soon coronate.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 21:13 | 6928366 Escrava Isaura
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smacker, ISIS and the NAZIs are all totalitarian. ISIS uses religion as a masquerade.

 

ISIS and Nazism are dogmas—lacks critical thinking.

Religions are also dogmas. The ultimate dogmas.

 

Nazism was about spreading Christianity. ISIS is about spreading Islam. Both so obvious that no further deliberation is necessary.  

 

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 18:23 | 6927746 Kirk2NCC1701
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Actually, Kampe has two meanings, depending on the sentence or context: Battle or Struggle.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:18 | 6927435 ---------
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thanks to hitler jews took over europe and israel

thanks to muslims jews will take over middle east and greater isreal

 

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:34 | 6927520 The Pope
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& so it bears the question (albeit rhetorical)... Who funded Hitler?

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:48 | 6927583 ---------
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you definetly cant deny the fact that out of all countries hitler wanted to attack russia,

even before he was funded by some mystical foreign friends

and he was nominated for nobel prize, (but not won it)

 

second hint: oil

no oil no fuel

no fuel = army no move

1933 germany = no oil

where did the unicorn oil come from?

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 18:39 | 6927814 Abiotic Oil
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BIS

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 16:54 | 6927317 Itshappening
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Oy vey. The filthy Goyim know too much. SHUT IT DOWN!

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 16:56 | 6927322 KnuckleDragger-X
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This is not unusual in and of itself. Who is buying and selling points some damning fingers though......

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:21 | 6927451 gonetogalt
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Countries without a domestic auto/truck manufacturing industry and high import duties on new vehicles rely on used imports. A fairly high proportion of those imports carry the adversising of their former owner. I could pick up the phone #s of delivery or service companies in half a dozen countries in a days observation.

Only the clueless Americans would ascribe any connection to a used pickup shipped half way around the world and resold.

Same geniuses who murder Sikhs thinking they're muslims. (Duh!!!)

And probably sold cash off the dock, no questions asked.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 16:57 | 6927329 knicks3005
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The US is foxed up.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 16:59 | 6927335 _ConanTheLibert...
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LOLOLOL!

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 16:59 | 6927342 Rainman
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Sounds like my plumber.., too lazy to scrape off his own brand decal.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 18:53 | 6927880 dark_matter
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He probably hoped the new owner would leave it on and give him free advertising. Well, he got it.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:00 | 6927347 nosam
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ISIS can be defeated if we disrupted their supply routes for Toyotas and Nikes,

They say an army marches on its shoes...or something.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:23 | 6927462 beemasters
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The easiest still, is to halt their banking transactions and freeze their accounts like the west did on some of Russians'. But no...we have to supply them trucks and Nike's in addition to letting them use the banks too.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:39 | 6927533 The Pope
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Easier still, to get the Apartheid State of Israel to stop buying their stolen crude oil. (but that's never gonna happen now is it)?

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:47 | 6927584 beemasters
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Yeah...but when they also control the western banks and politicians in addition to buying ISIS oil, what can you do?

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 18:46 | 6927851 The Pope
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You can book your ticket to the FEMA camp and get ready to be turned into a lampshade. Only this time FOR REAL!

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:03 | 6927353 trader1
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What may be more difficult to uncover is whether the governments of the US and Turkey, respectively, were or are appraised about transactions such as this one, and if not, then why not?

 

why would the us or turkish government give a shit about some export/import of a used ford truck?

what's clear is that the distribution channels for IS imports/exports run via Turkey.

and what's also clear is that Turkish customs and border patrol are incentivized to not give a shit about this.

what's not clear is how far up the offical ladder this situation is sanctioned.


Tue, 12/15/2015 - 18:46 | 6927852 Demdere
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It is very clear on all sides.  There were several credible reports again recently of Turkish Military and Intelligence making ISIS transit of their border easy, both for the oil trucks and for troops attacking Kurds.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:01 | 6927354 replaceme
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I wonder what the CarFax Fox says when a truck has been strafed with depleted uraniam - "Not all trucks in this area have been affected by strafing with depleted uranium, but it's worth checking into"?

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:24 | 6927464 smacker
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ha-ha-ha. too funny.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:02 | 6927355 Mike Masr
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It's always great to get caught with your pants down!

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:04 | 6927367 ItsDanger
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Always follow the money, you'll get most of your answers that way.  Get some forensic auditors on the case, the CIA are amateurs in matters of monetary transactions.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:12 | 6927410 L Bean
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No one in their right mind would sign up for that audit job.

And this is how they get away with it.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:29 | 6927493 beemasters
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They are not that stupid nor amateurs. The fact that the CIA chose to ignore the money flow is the smoking gun ...that the US intel is complicit in supporting ISIS.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:04 | 6927373 lasvegaspersona
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Did Mark install the cannon or was it after market?

I mean it did come from Texas. I think 'full auto' is the way the F250 usually comes down there.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 18:39 | 6927769 813kml
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The cannon is part of Ford's optional "Jihad Package".

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 19:49 | 6928092 Government need...
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Hate to say it, but his cannon is bigger than mine.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:05 | 6927379 buzzsaw99
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it would be funnier if it had an obama sticker on the back bumper

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:17 | 6927427 smacker
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Like, you mean the sticker showing him giving head?

I'm sure that would go down well with ISIS. LOL

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:30 | 6927497 Falling Down
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Or one of those "COEXIST" stickers.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 18:35 | 6927791 RichardParker
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Buzz:

+1000 for the obama sticker suggestion.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:05 | 6927380 DontWorry
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They can't really be this DUMB, can they?

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:11 | 6927406 L Bean
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They just don't give a shit. When have they ever been held to account?

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:12 | 6927409 sleigher
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Never attribute to stupidity what can easily be explained by "they want us to know because fuck the little sheep, what the hell are they gonna do"?

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:07 | 6927387 BustainMovealota
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Too bad Ford can't use this in a commercial of some sort.  Like,,, " Good enough for an ISIS AA Gun ,  gotta be good enough for you" kinda thing.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:18 | 6927436 Motorhead
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Kinda like, "See the Syr-i-a in a Chev-rol-et"....

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:07 | 6927390 SillySalesmanQu...
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"...it was a jolly old fat guy, red suit, white beard..."

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:08 | 6927395 Phillpots
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Who bought and exported from Houston?

That's the main question to come out of this. I'm sure we would all be interested to find out.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:26 | 6927481 jomama
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^

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:52 | 6927405 L Bean
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We sold some folks some pickups.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:11 | 6927407 Motorhead
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Nice to see the Turks are "buying American".

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:31 | 6927442 J Jason Djfmam
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Cash for clunkers!

How many clunkers from that program went to Turkey?

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:14 | 6927415 cyberfossil
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What a great ad for the durability of Ford.  Built Ford Tough In the USA!!!!  'Merika F Yah!! 

Seriously small potatoes compared to all the US military arms & munitions they "accidentally" received like TOW missiles and Hummers.  But it does show how much military money the USA wastes building incredibly expensive military transport when they could just run around in beefed up F250's (maybe a small upgrade to tank tread and armored sides for a small percentage of the fleet and the US would have that lightning quick, versatile and low profile strike force that they always wanted.  Speaking of which, the Ford Supercharged "Lightning"  F150 would be a natural for this!

http://www.cargurus.com/Cars/l-Used-Ford-F-150-SVT-Lightning-d339#listin...

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:21 | 6927450 Lumberjack
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They had to upgrade the rear suspension (added leaf springs and a leveling kit/shocks) to accomodate "that item" in the back. I have one of those Fords and love it.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:37 | 6927532 RaceToTheBottom
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How much did the addition of leaf springs and the leveling  kit add to the price of your Ford?

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 18:14 | 6927625 Lumberjack
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I haven't done it to mine and do my own work I have worked on both small vehicles and heavy equipment over the last 50 years, having a very diverse and and technically satisfying life, seeing that photo (look the steel box beam supports holding up the gun), plus what little I can see of the bed, (which would have needed to be seriously reinforced as the bed rails are not designed to hold that weight ), I would expect that a shop would charge between 5 to 10K for that particular job. Levelers and springs/shocks about 1k on a good day, do it yourself, about 4 to 5 hours if you have the tools and experience).... The bed reinforcemets are custom and costly. The 10K figure could be low.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:15 | 6927421 Lumberjack
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That plumber deserves a medal and a brand new truck from Ford for this! Of all places, Turkey....

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:19 | 6927439 J Jason Djfmam
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How much does it cost to ship a truck from Texas to Turkey?

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 18:55 | 6927663 Lumberjack
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Ask who shipped it... I have no idea. But the photo shows that the end of the gun barrel is a little bent downward, and IMHO inoperable.  

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 18:57 | 6927899 RichardParker
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Stick it in a suitable cargo container and ship it from Houston to Medsin...

http://www.xpressrate.com/

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:49 | 6927591 Fractal Parasite
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I do hope Mr. Oberholtzer is aware that exposing institutionalized criminality, even inadvertently, can be life-shortening and he takes appropriate measures for his own protection.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:15 | 6927424 ---------
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typical stupid american. first you sell something to muslim trash and then you sue them because you did not expect unicorns

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:19 | 6927440 Duc888
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That plumber is lucky.... it could have been much worse...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teufz17PqoY

 

 

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:20 | 6927441 European American
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PLAINTIFFS’ FIRST AMENDED ORIGINAL PETITION  PAGE 14 47. Pursuant to Rule 47(c) of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, Plaintiffs seek

 

monetary relief over $1,000,000.00

 

Suing for only a million bucks?

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:30 | 6927496 gonetogalt
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Outside of the USSA, people are expected to take responsibility for their own affairs. The man could have peeled his own wraps off. He could have demanded they be pulled off before the transaction was finalized.

He wouldn't me on any jury determining his award.

His one in a billion piece of bad luck shouldn't be laid off on the guy who took in the '05 and sold him an '12.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 22:10 | 6928561 CzechNorris
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I agree that we have too many people winning big awards for their own stupid actions in this country.

 

However, I've also been lied to by so many car salesmen that I'd love an opportunity to sue the shorts off the dealers who clearly don't give a shit one way or the other.  Not that I downvoted you, but I guess there might be others thinking the same.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:23 | 6927457 PoasterToaster
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The United States Federal Government is directly responsible for Turkey's actions.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:25 | 6927468 Zadig
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This has been going on for at least a decade now. 

http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2005/10/02/us_car_theft_rings_...

The FBI's counterterrorism unit has launched a broad investigation of US-based theft rings after discovering that some of the vehicles used in deadly car bombings in Iraq, including attacks that killed US troops and Iraqi civilians, were probably stolen in the United States, according to senior government officials. &

Investigators said they are comparing several other cases where vehicles evidently stolen in the United States wound up in Syria or other Middle East countries and ultimately into the hands of Iraqi insurgent groups -- including Al Qaeda in Iraq, led by Jordanian-born Abu Musab Al Zarqawi. &

Terrorism specialists think Iraqi insurgents prefer American stolen cars because they tend to be larger, blend in more easily with the convoys of US government and private contractors, and are harder to identify as stolen.

I'd imagine the "terrorists" prefer American cars because it was easier to arrange than going out and stealing Iraqi cars.  It's strange how these car thieves still haven't been caught after 10 years!  

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:25 | 6927472 Consuelo
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Low flying bogey's...?  

 

That 'anti-aircraft' gun seems kinda horizontal if you ask me...    

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:25 | 6927474 Joe A
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More interesting to know who sold them that weapon they mounted on the truck.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 21:46 | 6928472 Boing_Snap
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we know who sold them the weapon, Turkey/CIA or Iraq through gifting them the weapon by surrendering it.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:27 | 6927486 Dre4dwolf
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Was the car you are looking to buy previously in a collision / car accident/ flood / owned by a known terrorist organization !? GET THE CARFAX lol

 

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:28 | 6927490 viator
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I wouldn't hold your breath.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:31 | 6927499 Boing_Snap
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The question is, "Who was the exporter that is operating in Texas, selling equipment to ISIS?"

Terrorist agents functioning in the USA? With no action taken against the exporter, when evidence as easy as checking CarFax can be obtained, one has to wonder just who this exporter is? Their phone number needs to go national.

 

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:31 | 6927500 Miss Expectations
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Rand Paul asks Hillary Clinton About US Involvement in Transferring Weapons from Libya to Turkey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pgt0gJNsgk
Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:32 | 6927501 Nassim
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This is good news - and that is precisely why the media will not be following it up.

USA = ISIS = Israel = Turkey - Saudi Arabia = Qatar = NATO

All joined at the hip.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:33 | 6927505 Rockfish
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If you don't want your name plastered on some make shift terroist meat wagon scape it off before you trade it.  Who put it on the truck in the first place? Yep MARK-1 did. 

O and if you don't want your naked selfies finding the same fate crush your old cell phones, computers...... Get It? 

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:45 | 6927571 The Gladiator
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You have no clue. Would you scrape off a "my kid plays soccer" sticker before you traded in your mini van? It was a non issue to the owner,because I'm sure he has traded vehicles before.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:48 | 6927596 Rockfish
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Exactly and a non issue with the dealer. 

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:34 | 6927516 debunker
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CALL THEM DAESH,  the name they deserve.

Names do matter.  ISIL/ISIS legitimizes their fictitious nation state. 

 Daesh, an adapted acronym of their Arabic name - Dawlat al-Islamiyah f'al-Iraq w Belaad al-Sham - is similar to another Arabic word - das - which means 'to trample down' or 'crush', which could therefore be the source of their dislike.

The group hates it so much, in fact, that they have reportedly threatened to cut out the tongues of anyone who uses it in public.

 


Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:42 | 6927557 J Jason Djfmam
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Can we call them Shit hooks?

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:34 | 6927517 RaceToTheBottom
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Does the Turkish President have another brother who is in the import truck business?

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:54 | 6927627 Miss Expectations
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Now that you mention it, where did the tanker trucks come from?

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 20:13 | 6928177 TalkToLind
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Don't ask me, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is on TEEVEE.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:41 | 6927540 Yen Cross
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    LOL. The CIA can spend $500 million to train 4-5 moderate rebels, yet can't find an unemployed brownie to spray~paint the side of a truck for a few AK-s.

 Houston is a huge oil hub, so I wouldn't be surprised if there wasn't some "crude for pickem-up trucks" happening. :-)

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 18:14 | 6927713 blue51
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You mean Syrian oil transported to Turkey, and then on a container to Houston, unloaded, then  loaded with used pick-ups returned to Turkey/ Syria ??  hmmm.. ya never know

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:39 | 6927542 viator
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You can get some really good deals on cars and trucks coming back from ISIS and Turkey. They may have a few bullet holes and some Russian shrapnel but the price is right.

The Toyota Helix, terrorists favorite truck.

"The [Toyota] Hilux [pics] is light, fast, manoeuvrable and all but indestructible (‘bomb-proof’ might not, in this instance, be a happy usage).  The weapons experts Jane’s claimed for the Hilux a similar significance to the longbows of Agincourt or the Huey choppers of Nam. A US Army Ranger said the Toyota sure ‘kicks the hell out of a Humvee’ (referring to the clumsy and over-sized High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle made by AM General)." The Spectator

"Recently, when the US State Department resumed sending non-lethal aid to Syrian rebels, the delivery list included 43 Toyota trucks.

Hiluxes were on the Free Syrian Army’s wish list. Oubai Shahbander, a Washington-based advisor to the Syrian National Coalition, is a fan of the truck.

“Specific equipment like the Toyota Hiluxes are what we refer to as force enablers for the moderate opposition forces on the ground,” he adds. Shahbander says the US-supplied pickups will be delivering troops and supplies into battle. Some of the fleet will even become battlefield weapons." Public Radio International

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:42 | 6927550 dot_bust
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Yeah, but I want to know who makes the clothes and flags for ISIS. Those flags and tactical outfits look factory-fresh.

The flags, in particular, look as if they were made on a manufacturing line. So, no one can grab one of the flags and analyze the material to see where it was made?

The inks and fabrics that were used can be analyzed and matched up with a manufacturing plant. That would be intelligence 101.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:45 | 6927568 J Jason Djfmam
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This is why the starsnbars flag was outlawed, to provide these materials for the ISIS flag.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:45 | 6927574 smacker
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Well, the world's largest manufacturer of white flags is France, so maybe they've switched to making some black ones during a slack period...

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 19:01 | 6927909 L Bean
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I read a defense article about these new GPS guided cargo parachutes the military has been ordering, en masse. 

Click here to see them.

 

They're black. Black material. They probably drop white fabric paint along with the arms and Nikes.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 21:22 | 6928398 w a l k - a w a y
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thanks for the link

Officials of the Army Contracting Command at Natick, Mass., awarded a $30 million contract to Airborne systems to provide 110 Joint Precision Airdrop Systems (JPADS), which uses GPS, steerable parachutes, and an onboard computer to steer air-dropped cargo loads from high altitudes to designated spots in drop zones with accuracy of 250 feet.

$30 million for 110 units = $272,727 per unit.

More $$$s for the MIC

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 22:56 | 6928742 logically possible
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Who makes the clothes and flags for Isis?
My first guess would be a U.S. MIC sweat shop somewhere.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:45 | 6927558 Decimus Lunius ...
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Interesting, but what would be more interesting is where IS got its huge convoy of Toyota pickups it used to invade Iraq.  In 1994 and 1995, Pakistan's PM Bhutto repeatedly invited Saudi princes to Afhganistan to hunt exotic birds.  They would bring their own convoy of vehicles on huge transports (see Hatred's Kingdom) and leave them behind along with donations to the Taliban.  At the time, Bhutto was trying to curb anti-Pakistan sentiment in Afghanistan and viewed, along with the American government, the Taliban as a stabilizing force.  The playboy princes got their exotic hunt and placated the Saudi ulama who were strong proponents of the Taliban's hardline ideology.  Two years of this transportation of vehicles (Toyota Hulixs) and monetary infusion from Saudi Arabia through Pakistan to the Taliban!  BBC's Kabul correspondent, David Lyon, quoting a Jane's Defense Weekly analysis of the Taliban's Kabul takeover as, "a textbook operation, from three sides, a coordinated piece of warfare using these Hulix trucks as very fast troop-moving vehicles."  Sound familiar?  

Old tricks must be the best tricks because, suddenly, an obscure, yet deadly, AQ offshoot, a JV team, becomes well equipped with hundreds of identical vehicles that are then used for successful offensives in northern and western Iraq.  Surely, they weren't driven from Qatar or Saudi Arabia to northern Syria.  So where did they come from?  The US and its allies of course (see PRI's report from 4/1/14 about the FSA's wishlist truck being the Toyota Hulix).  

And it only took until October of this year for the Treasury Department to ask Toyota how so many of their new Hulixs to be in the hands of IS (basically telling Toyota "don't say that we bought them or we'll open further investigations).  The world truly must be led by sociopathic narcissists to be able to do this.  To sit back and watch hundreds of thousands killed, enable a genocide against an ethnic and religious minority, be OK with systematic rape and enslavement of women and children, then be able to go home and kiss your spouse and put your children to sleep.  I guess they think Qatar's LNG pipeline to Turkey is better for humanity?  

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:46 | 6927579 J Jason Djfmam
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"We think it was worth it."

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:44 | 6927565 Chris P
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I guess we know they build them ISIS tough, if it was Government Motors could probably use it in a commercial.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:46 | 6927580 thx111
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Ask McCain.  He should know what happened to his truck since he communicates with ISIS daily.

 

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:47 | 6927587 CheapBastard
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oi vey!

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:50 | 6927599 Inthemix96
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Off topic no doubt, but some what relevant.

I posted last week about a brand new merc S-class 350 D being used as a taxi in a place next to where I live, just owtside Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.  For that dodgy outfit 'Uber'.

Gets better, been in the same place today, doing a bit work, and seen not just with me own eyes, but those whom work with me, a straight owt the box audi RS8, not the supercar, the saloon car, spanking new reg, being used as yet another 'Uber' taxi??

Never mind heat seeking missiles bitchez.  Who the fuck would use one of these as a taxi?  Never mind though, it would have a fast deployment of AA guns if the plumber from Texas sold it to the main dealer who flogged it to Turkey, who gave it to Isreal, who marked it up 15,000% on easy convenient payments to the head choppers who could possibly, knowing it has a Lambourghini engine in it, owt run the AH64 chasing it?

Then again, what the fuck do I know?

An audi RS8 saloon as a taxi?  Fuck off..

:-)

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 18:02 | 6927659 Praeda2
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Google around and you'll find even better cars have been used for it. Twats with Ferrari's and this and that in the Miami and LA. It's not the same rate of course but is it viable? Maybe? Certainly don't see it as being profitable. Maybe a twist on limo rental?

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 20:49 | 6928297 Anopheles
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With the big money floating around London, I can easily see it as viable to have an Audi RS8 as a "cab".   It is competing directly with the high end livery business. 

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 17:56 | 6927634 The Comedian
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The question is who purchased and exported. I bet he's nervous. I was in the car export business for a while recently, we mainly dealt with China. It would be interesting to find out how it was purchased as well, as dealers as a rule do not sell to exporters, did the purchaser use a straw man to make the purchase (a common way) or was it bought then sold by himself? Doubtful the guy knowingly aided terrorists but you never know.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 19:47 | 6928085 Baa baa
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Ten dollar bills to Navy beans it's a Greek.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 20:47 | 6928283 Anopheles
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The dealer sent it to auction, it wasn't sold from dealer inventory.     No control who bids on it. 

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 18:00 | 6927644 Praeda2
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Anyone know the freight charge on that? Seems like a used Ford truck isn't worth it. You get two in a container... I've seen something about over 1000 trucks, that normal? Shouldn't that have alerted.... oh right, Obongo administration.

Also, what about parts? There just has to be a lot more to this. Someone made out like a bandit. No way one did they buy and ship one and two at a time from some online auction.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 19:12 | 6927970 Crocodile
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Military transport on taxpayer dime; no problem.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 20:45 | 6928279 Anopheles
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Shipping rates for containers is pretty cheap, about $2,000 to $3,000 for a 40' continer.    A car carrier is even cheaper. 

Parts?  Easy to get parts for common vehicles like Ford trucks.  Or they just salvage used parts from shot up  trucks....  

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 18:02 | 6927660 The Old Man
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About the only way to stop those old Ford trucks from running "is" blowing them up! 

The Old Man

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 18:04 | 6927673 Herdee
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And the Obama NeoCon Administration playing the starring role as just plain blind and stupid to all of it.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 18:06 | 6927677 L Bean
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Israeli government-owned shipping company "ZIM", does a lot of used car importing to 3rd world countries. 

They also vacated their WTC office a week before 9/11.

Nah, it couldn't be them.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 19:11 | 6927964 Crocodile
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I'm almost certain you will really appreciate this and may be some new facts that you may have never known about 9/11 from an airline stewardess.

9/11 BOMBSHELL: METHODICAL DECEPTION

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdP95oSoOFk

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 20:06 | 6928152 TalkToLind
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They also vacated their WTC office a week before 9/11.

DAS the most RAYCISS and anti-semetic comment I've read today, Oy Vey!

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 18:09 | 6927686 Kiwi Pete
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I wonder if they attached a locater beacon to that truck before they exported it? Make life easier for the air force.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 18:13 | 6927707 Herodotus
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Check out this wholesale auto dealer:

http://www.ciaautoplex.com/Sold.aspx

Their "sold" pages show a lot of truck sales. 

Not too discrete about choosing a name for the dealership however.

 

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 18:14 | 6927716 Who was that ma...
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I have a '72 Chevy Malibu 4-door with a little body rot and needs a starter that I'll sell cheap if ISIS can use it.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 18:21 | 6927727 DudDud
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“Mark-1 plumbing” = 137 simple English gematria.
http://www.gematrix.org/?word=Mark-1+plumbing

The number 137 is the 33rd Prime Number.

The Number “33” is the highest level of Scott Rite Masonry.

The Occult Numerology behind ISIS.

http://obama793.com/2015/12/14/template-for-bogus-manufactured-terrorist...

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 18:21 | 6927737 JimmyRainbow
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and nsa or cia can not inject a few 100 cars with hidden gps and micros in that dealer chain?

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 18:54 | 6927892 L Bean
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This'll be the likely cover story of course, just like Fast and Furious.

 

"We sold some folks some Toyotas so we could keep track of them"

 

 

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 18:23 | 6927749 Fireman
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I$I$, the last gasp of the Saudi Mercan IOU petroscrip toilet paper dollah running on fumes......

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LmFq4waQeI

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 18:41 | 6927831 AlaricGaudiTheSecond
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Turkey needs regime change asap

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 19:01 | 6927924 83_vf_1100_c
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  Don't these terrorists realize they are gonna be deaf in a few years? Not one of them wearing hearing protection unless they stuff a small goat penis in each ear. Where is OSHA when they are needed?

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 19:03 | 6927930 L Bean
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They'll "be deaf". That's if the meth doesn't kill them first.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 19:07 | 6927947 Crocodile
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I expect an explosion, likely Texas, where those records are held.  If you know where they are stored, then warn your co-workers and neighboring businesses.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 19:36 | 6928066 TalkToLind
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PULL IT!

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 19:10 | 6927955 Son of Captain Nemo
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Yeah I know!...

Just keep telling yourself that thick gluey white stuff on Kerry's chin is mayonnaise from his Russian "lunch"!

Tell me who is the Russian Federation's bitch?!!!

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 19:25 | 6928025 Son of Captain Nemo
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Adding insult to injury

Looks like the "Kike factory" will be packing it up anywhere in and around Aleppo here shortly!

GAME OVER MAN!!!

To the "six-sided" starts next door.  Better start treatin those Palestinians and the rest of the neighborhood with a lot more respect motherfuckers!!!

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 21:53 | 6928486 BingoBoggins
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Cool website- of the bunch, prefer Tass and RT- not so flashy ...

well, well, lookee there - http://www.pravdareport.com/russia/politics/16-12-2015/132871-russia_arm...

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 19:10 | 6927962 silverer
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The people that called and harassed and threatened this poor bastard are total retards.  Why would anybody sell their car directly to an overseas buyer, unless they had something special, like a classic car to sell?  In addition, I'm sure the government forbids a sale to a rogue or terrorist nation. (They want to do it themselves, lol).  These are the same stupid people that yell at the gas jockeys at the pump over high gas prices.  Dumb asses.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 19:55 | 6928121 ToSoft4Truth
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Your question is timeless.  Why do Muslims terrorists always drop passports?

San Bernado knew how to make pipe bombs, which takes plumbing know-how.

Its plausible terrorism is financed through a U.S. based plumping operation. 

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 19:12 | 6927972 yogibear
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How many calls from ISIS in the US?

Like the Angie's list service member for Islamic terrorist.

Mark-1 plumbing a preferred ISIS member plumber.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 19:16 | 6927982 Armed Resistance
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He's suing for $1M?  He should have asked for $5M so he could settle at $3.5M.  His net on the settlement is not going to offset the brand damage.  The again, he could get creative with the re-launch:

"No matter if the bombs you drop explode or just clog toilets, Mark-1 is on the job!"

 

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 19:35 | 6928062 silentboom
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If you got a clog in your drain or need to shoot a plane......

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 20:27 | 6928210 alphahammer
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You're an idiot but that was pretty fucking funny...

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 19:25 | 6928028 surf@jm
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Well, whoever is behind this, I sure wouldn`t want to partner with them in any way.....

How stupid can you be to not, just take a can of krylon, and spray the door?.....

Of. course , i was expecting the trail to lead through Mexico.....My understanding is most of the police vehicles in Mexico are stolen from the U.S anyway.......

 

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 19:25 | 6928030 fatlibertarian
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I remember at the time that I thought the truck, and picture of the Jihadi's were shot in Texas. I live in Oklahoma and the area looked kinda similar.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 19:28 | 6928039 GreatUncle
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So when is the US going to accuse Turkey of state sponsored terrorism...never.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 19:34 | 6928058 Government need...
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Turkey is a nation full of ragheads.  Ragheads helping ragheads, since Mohammud helped himself to his 9-year-old wife's virginity.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 19:56 | 6928125 bamawatson
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she was on the rag

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 19:41 | 6928073 RabbitChow
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Well, it's going to be pretty difficult for them to get the free oil changes from the dealer! And no dealer tune ups and no way to get recalls taken care of? Boy, are they stoooopid!

Wed, 12/16/2015 - 01:41 | 6929326 flyingcaveman
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Purely ego driven. Somebody imported it because they could and they wanted to stand out because its cool to be the high profile guy that has the vehicle nobody else has in that region.  Also, the plumber who sold the truck may also be a bible thumper or just isn't that creative about picking names for a plumbing company.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 19:47 | 6928084 yogibear
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A CIA production.

The Obama goons will try to sweep this under the rug ASAP.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 20:33 | 6928224 alphahammer
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So lets get this straight. The ultra secret CIA spooks buy a pick up truck with all kinds of company name and phone numbers on it and then sell it to ISIS. But these same CIA super spooks, who can supposedly blow up a Chinese warehouse from space, but then forget to scrape the phone number off the side of their latest ISIS er I mean CIA war wagon... Ok... Right...

Wow, that's some "super secret" logic you've got going there...

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 20:39 | 6928245 2muchtax
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I take it you've never worked in government

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 21:12 | 6928361 Who was that ma...
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Does anyone "work" in government?

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 23:30 | 6928865 fishwharf
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I didn't.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 19:50 | 6928097 ToSoft4Truth
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Funny shit. 

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 19:55 | 6928106 TalkToLind
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Did you see it???  The first 16 minutes of tonight's national newscasts were devoted to ***TERRORISM*** including a tense 8 minute vignette about some fake incident out west.  

Are y'all goyim scared yet? 

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 19:53 | 6928108 Bastiat
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Does Erdogan's son have a used car dealership?

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 20:04 | 6928144 yogibear
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Built Ford tough!

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 21:12 | 6928362 Chairman
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I am impressed that a 10 year old American designed Ford truck that a plumber thought was worn out was shown by ISIS to still be a prime battle vehicle.  This is the same reason I carried a captured AK47 along with my Stoner in the day.  I found the AK47 to be extremely reliable under severe environmental conditions whereas my Stoner always needed to be cleaned and I was always running out of linked ammo.

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 19:54 | 6928120 yellowsub
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ISIS is very bad man, how can it be the gov't?!

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