ISIS Shows Off U.S.-Made Humvees In New "Armored Brigade"

by **Ponee** Thu Nov 05, 2015 11:43 am

The images of ISIS controlling U.S.-supplied military hardware come as the U.S. ramps up its campaign against the militant group

The Islamic State is responding to the U.S.’ latest moves in Syria and Iraq by flaunting a fleet of American-made Humvees and other military vehicles that it has pilfered.
More than a dozen new photographs published by ISIS depict what it’s calling its “Third Armored Brigade,” which is based in Iraq’s northern province of Nineveh. The highly-choreographed images show ISIS fighters riding around the desert in Iraqi Light Armored Vehicles (ILAVs), a Humvee built in the U.S. and sold exclusively—at around $350,000 a pop—to the Iraqi military beginning in 2006. Militants are also seen operating several Soviet tanks and training with AK-47s and rocket-propelled grenades, said Caleb Weiss of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a Washington-based think tank.

Though ISIS likely seized the tanks and armored vehicles when it captured Mosul last year, the move to flaunt them publicly now appears strategically timed. The White House announced last week that it would deploy dozens of American commandos to northeastern Syria and pledged $100 million in fresh aid for anti-ISIS fighters. The U.S. has also recently boosted the number of airstrikes it conducts against Islamic State targets in Iraq and supplied additional ammunition to Syrian rebel groups.
In response, ISIS militants are sending a defiant message, one that suggests that they are as strong and resilient as ever, said Patrick Skinner, a counter-terrorism expert with the Soufan Group. “They’re basically saying, ‘Drop all the equipment you want. We need more,'” Skinner said.

A U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) spokesman told Vocativ that he could not confirm the authenticity of the images. However, he said that CENTCOM was aware that some former U.S. military equipment, namely Humvees, had fallen into ISIS hands.

“ISIL uses numerous methods of propaganda in their quest to project terror within Iraq and Syria,” the spokesman said, using another acronym for the Islamic State. “Regardless of what ISIL tries to portray, the reality is ISIL has lost the ability to operate freely in 20-25 percent of the populated territory it held one year ago.”

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by **Terbo56** Thu Nov 05, 2015 11:51 am

These Humvees are not heavily armored, like the pre-2003 versions, and more susceptible to Rocket propelled grenades, and heat seeking missles-ISIS will be toasted oats when they get slammed-

ISIS Shows Off U.S.-Made Humvees In New "Armored Brigade"

ISIS Shows Off U.S.-Made Humvees In New "Armored Brigade"

The images of ISIS controlling U.S.-supplied military hardware come as the U.S. ramps up its campaign against the militant group

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