"Who Is Supplying The Islamic State With New Toyoto Trucks?" Topic

"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 in Iraq, Syria and Libya, ABC News has learned.

Toyota says it does not know how ISIS obtained the vehicles and is "supporting" the inquiry led by the Terror Financing unit of the Treasury Department -- part of a broad U.S. effort to prevent Western-made goods from ending up in the hands of the terror group…"

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Amicalement
Armand

I read the newspaper article here in Australia that is mentioned. It claimed that thefts of Toyota Hilux vehicles in Sydney was up something like tenfold, and speculated they were being stiolen by gangs, put in shipping containers and sent to the middle east.

Seems plausible if the number of stolen Hilux has increased that much…

Well….they ARE easier to blow up….

Some Saudi link I'd warrant.

Why not Nissan?

When Top Gear did their segment on how tough they are, they said it was to see why so many news films from Africa and the Middle East showed them (Toyota based technicals). Basically they can be kept running by a mechanic with a toolbox, no need for a fancy high tech garage.

Don't tell me that no one knows, with all of our satellite and electronic intel these days, that no one knows where these vehicles are coming from. At some point they are being shipped in. I'm betting that Western Intelligence knows exactly where they are coming from and how they are being financed, the problem being that (and here I'm guessing) the actual source is untouchable for political reasons.

You know, if those trucks had embedded GPS and the USAF could track those frequencies… I'm just sayin'.

Yeah if anyone thinks they haven't know from the moment they started getting those all about it they firmly have there blinders on.

My guess is Toyota.

And if ISIS is smart, they're all leased.

Former Green beret on satellite radio show mentioned Toyotas everywhere in that area and had no idea yesterday what brought that up. Maybe know I know

Based on what I've seen in the news and on YouTube I suspect they're buying them all over the world and shipping them home through mid-East ports without revealing who actually owns them. There was a Ford Pick Up that was sold by a plumbing company in Texas that appeared in some of the ISIS videos. Instead of plumbing tools it was sporting a ZSU 23-2 in the bed. The former owner found out about it when he started getting death threats. It appears that ISIS left his company logo and contact number on the truck.

Why not Nissan?

Better stereos?

(smile)

Amicalement
Armand

Pretty much Daesh can generally get anything they want from many sources … As we know very few in the region can be completely trusted.

There was a Ford Pick Up that was sold by a plumbing company in Texas that appeared in some of the ISIS videos.

They showed that again in CNN today … kind'a proves my point.

Why this is suddenly "a thing" when it has been known for at least a year where they are coming from:

So has ISIS been doing comparative shopping? Did they consider Land Rovers, but felt them too county and not cool? Do they read What Car?? Was this diabolical product-placement by Toyota? Certainly, ISIS demonstrates Toyota's well-earned reputation for durability and reliability. Unquestionably, the photo showing the Hilux conga-line in the desert had the impact of a high-concept ad.

The fact is the Toyotas were supplied by the US government to the Al Nusra Front as ‘non-lethal aid' then ‘acquired' by ISIS. The human and military damage they will do is, alas, all too predictable (and so ironic that a truck designated an RV – ‘recreational vehicle' – now finds its ultimate application in berserk rampages rather than fishing trips).

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Recently, when the US State Department resumed sending non-lethal aid to Syrian rebels, the delivery list included 43 Toyota trucks.

Hiluxes were on the Free Syrian Army's wish list. Oubai Shahbander, a Washington-based advisor to the Syrian National Coalition, is a fan of the truck.

"Specific equipment like the Toyota Hiluxes are what we refer to as force enablers for the moderate opposition forces on the ground," he adds. Shahbander says the US-supplied pickups will be delivering troops and supplies into battle. Some of the fleet will even become battlefield weapons.

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Ah … another tangled web in a web full of tangled webs … Reminds me of that old saying from Vietnam … "Kill Them all and let God sort them out!" … err … in this case … Allah … Satan ?!?