==re: #185 Ryan King

I’m dying to know the (cough, hack, cough) ‘source’ for this information.

Is the Guardian far left enough for you?

theguardian.com

The terrifying rise of Isis: $2bn in loot, online killings and an army on the run
They’re too extreme for al-Qaida, they boast of their brutality and they have forced the Iraqi government on to the defensive. How did the insurgent group rise to such terrifying power?