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October 7, 2015

An investigation has been launched into how so many Toyotas ended up in the hands of ISIS . The car maker's trucks, particularly Toyota Hilux pickups and Toyota Land Cruisers, have appeared in the terror group's propaganda videos in Iraq, Syria and...

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October 7, 2015

US officials have recently asked Toyota to figure out why its vehicles are showing up in so many ISIS videos, according to ABC News. Lukman Faily, the Iraqi ambassador to the US, told ABC that in recent years, as ISIS has risen to prominence in Iraq...

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October 7, 2015

There is no doubt that Islamic State (IS) is an organized, wealthy operation. In 2012, President Obama compared ISIS to Al Qaeda’s jayvee team , muddying the true extent and ability of the group. But since then, IS has killed vast numbers of people...

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October 7, 2015

The United States intelligence community is trying to get to the bottom of how the Islamic State (ISIS) terror group has been able to acquire a plethora of Toyota pick-up trucks and SUVs during its holy war in the Middle East. Toyota officials say...

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October 7, 2015

Here comes yet another body blow for the reeling auto industry. Toyota has been put on the spot by the US government, which has asked the Japanese car maker to explain just how Islamic State has got hold of hundreds of its four-wheel-drive vehicles...

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October 6, 2015

U.S. counter-terror officials have asked Toyota, the world’s second largest auto maker, to help them determine how ISIS has managed to acquire the large number of Toyota pick-up trucks and SUVs seen prominently in the terror group’s propaganda videos...

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October 6, 2015

Japanese automaker Toyota says it is cooperating with the U.S. Treasury Department's inquiry into the acquisition of its vehicles by Mideast terror groups. Over the years, Toyota cars, such as the Toyota Hilux pick-up truck, have appeared in many...

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October 6, 2015

The world's second-largest automaker said it is "supporting" the investigation, with Ed Lewis, Toyota's director of public policy and communications in Washington, telling ABC News the company has briefed the Treasury on supply chains in the Middle...

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October 6, 2015

A supporter of Islamic State militants has issued a threat against Fox News contributor Rob O'Neill, the former U.S. Navy SEAL who says he fired the shot that killed Osama bin Laden, and also posted the ex-commando's purported home address in Montana...

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October 2, 2015

U.S.-designated terrorist group Kata'ib Hezbollah--an Iraqi Shiite militia--has a dot com web address. So does Greek neo-Nazi political party Golden Dawn and Hungarian neo-Nazi party Jobbik. Google them. You can peruse their propaganda, and that of...

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

On May 8, 2019, Taliban insurgents detonated an explosive-laden vehicle and then broke into American NGO Counterpart International’s offices in Kabul. At least seven people were killed and 24 were injured.

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