All This In Just 5 Years Who Are They Joking?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2674736/ISIS-militants-declare-formation-caliphate-Syria-Iraq-demand-Muslims-world-swear-allegiance.html

Interesting to see that Spain is included, how would the UK stand regarding Gibraltar?

[jackthehat]

Those are their aims.
It is unlikely ever to occur, so Gibraltar will be just fine...

[THECORBYLOON]

If you do not believe they will have control of Spain, why are you worried about Gibraltar?

[AB Editor]

I find it quite funny that they're using currently agreed borders, while defining a new state across one. Maybe they've not thought it through :)

[ludwig]

I like the way they wear black, just in case you weren't sure if they were the baddies or not.

[ludwig]

They also want Israel and Crimea, so it's more of a wishlist map than a serious one. Spain is on there because they obviously think the Moors should still be running the place.

[AB Editor]

Ludwig :)

It is a bit of a wishlist - you'd think they'd cut the world up on ethnic/religious borders really, maybe swallowing up the odd holy site here and there - but no, they've just used the paint-fill tool on MS Paint to colour bits around the med black. Lazy really.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv2XGQBcvxQ

[heathfield]

Ihe problems in the Middle East are largely our fault. After the First World War Britain drew arbitary boundaries through the remains of the Ottoman Empire with no regard to the religious sects or ethnic backgrounds of the people of the region. It's been a mess ever since. Scroll down to 'Three Conflicting Agreements' here...

http://lostislamichistory.com/how-the-british-divided-up-the-arab-world/

[sandyRoe]

I see they have eyes on a large part of central Europe. They did once get as far as the gates of Vienna but that was in 1529.

[ChillDoubt]

It's the religion of peace, innit? The edict is simple:

You are either with us, or against us.

[askyourgran]

...............or get your head chopped off.

[neil42]

Sigh,I might have known it was all our fault :-(

[Barks]

Unlike numerous waves of crusaders who merely handed out leaflets and invited the Muslims to coffee mornings at the vicarage

[Svejk]

I agree, why aren't the authorities investigating the crusaders. What happened to the oil they stole?

[ludwig]

// Unlike numerous waves of crusaders who merely handed out leaflets and invited the Muslims to coffee mornings at the vicarage //

I think that did actually happen in the little known prequel to the first crusade barks. It's not very well documented because all the participants got their heads chopped off by muslims about 10 miles south of Calais.