Posted on Sep 2, 2014

What is the difference between ISIS and ISIL?

MAJ Jim Woods

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I am curious. The Administration continues to refer the Syria/Iraq aggressors as ISIL while most media refers to them as ISIS. What, if any, is the difference?

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MAJ Jim Woods. They are the very same BAD people . . . on the very same BAD channel!!!

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They are bad indeed. Let's nuke'em, Sandy!

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PO1 (Join to see). Nuclear option is too expensive, too much radioactive and political fallout, too much collateral damage, not precise enough, no one target to nuke . . . so no go!!! These are primitive people who will understand and relate best to Warthogs, Spooky, Spectre, BUFF, Carpet Bombing, and Napalm B. Warmest Regards, Sandy

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The difference is that the US Department of State, the US Government, and the United Nations . . . all use the older name ISIL to denote their refusal to recognize this particular terrorist movement and/or organization as a state ( ISIS ) . . . NOT as often supposed by conspiracy theorists as some kind of offense, denigration, or other denial of the State of Israel. Warmest Regards, Sandy

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

الدولة الإسلامية في العراق والشامad-Dawlah al-Islāmiyah fī 'l-ʿIrāq wa-sh-ShāmParticipant in the Iraq War (2003–2011), Iraqi insurgency, Syrian Civil War, Iraqi Civil War, Second Libyan Civil War, Boko Haram insurgency, War in North-West Pakistan, War in Afghanistan, Yemeni Civil War, and other conflicts