For a more detailed story on how they ran their manufacturing, regarding armored vehicles in particular, there is a fascinating story about The Workshop<p>> The facility would perform a wide variety of overhauls and upgrades on nearly all types of armoured fighting vehicles in use with the Islamic State, ranging everything from installing multi-spectral camouflage on tanks to the up-armouring of AFVs and even constructing modular turrets for installation on four-wheel drive vehicles such as the Toyota Land Cruiser.<p><a href="http://spioenkop.blogspot.se/2017/08/armour-in-islamic-state-story-of.html" rel="nofollow">http://spioenkop.blogspot.se/2017/08/armour-in-islamic-state...</a><p>That blog has several really interesting articles about DIY armour and fighting vehicles.
Some of this is pretty patronising. Amongst the advanced techniques they are surprised Islamic State are able to apply they include 'even affixing written instructions [to weapons]'. It shows you how much people have underestimated them when they are writing articles about how they can write notes and stick them on things.
Western Governments: These terrorists are coming to get you !<p>General Population: But, but why ?<p>Western Governements: Because they want to take away your rights and freedoms, of course !<p>[Proceed to do exactly that ...]
Suddenly one day how did this "ISIS" spring up so well organized with great "PR" work. While they were plying their trade in Syria, they didn't seem to know that their sworn enemies lived just across the border. Wonder why they never really attacked that country.
Now called WasWas.<p>According to the prime minister of Iraq's announcement on Twitter a few days ago, "Iraq's armed forces have secured the western desert & the entire Iraq Syria border...this marks the end of the war against Daesh terrorists who have been completely defeated and evicted from Iraq".<p>Can we have the name Isis back now? Or at least call them Daesh, they hate that name.