Another major weapon in the ISIS tactical armoury is control of rivers, dams, and water installations.[85]
ISIS runs a soft-power program, which includes social services, religious lectures and da'wah—proselytizing—to local populations. It also performs civil tasks such as repairing roads and maintaining the electricity supply.[86] Other armed opposition groups have turned against ISIS because the group considers itself a state with its own courts, not "a faction among factions", not allowing other opposition groups to take benefits from smuggling weapons and drugs between Syria and Turkey or to take penalties from border-crossers.
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So, part of what is going on is that these guys are expert now at Guerrila warfare and trying to start their own state as well as not letting anyone else profit (extortion wise) from all the people under their control.
It reminds me a lot of someone like Al Capone telling people he was the Pope. I'm not sure there are many who will believe him. However, to Sunnis he brings results in that there is now (for however long) an Islamic State dedicated to Sunnis.
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Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone was a Chicago gangster who attained national fame during the Prohibition era. His seven year reign as crime boss ended when
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