U.S. Investigating How ISIS Got All Those Toyota Pickups

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jason73

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A photo provided by an ISIS website purports to show the jihadist group’s fighters opening fire toward a Syrian warplane in the predominantly Kurdish Syrian city of Hassakeh, Syria, June 25, 2015.AP

Toyota, the world’s second largest vehicle manufacturer, has said it is assisting a United States investigation into how the Islamic State terrorist organization (also known as ISIS) acquired the large number of Toyota pick-up trucks and SUVs that appear in its propaganda videos, according to a report by ABC News.

The investigation, which is being led by the Terror Financing unit of the U.S. Treasury Department, is part of an effort to prevent Western-made goods from ending up in the hands of the terror group.

Toyota maintains that it does not know how ISIS obtained the vehicles. “We briefed Treasury on Toyota’s supply chains in the Middle East and the procedures that Toyota has in place to protect supply chain integrity,” said Ed Lewis, Toyota’s Washington-based director of public policy and communications.

He added that Toyota has a “strict policy to not sell vehicles to potential purchasers who may use or modify them for paramilitary or terrorist activities.” But it is impossible for the company to track vehicles that have been stolen, or have been bought and re-sold by middlemen, he added.

Toyota Hilux pick-ups and Land Cruisers armed with heavy weapons have featured prominently in propaganda videos shot in Syria, Iraq and Libya.

Lukman Faily, the Iraqi ambassador to the U.S., told ABC News that in addition to re-purposing older trucks, his government believes ISIS has acquired “hundreds” of “brand new” Toyotas in recent years.

“Regrettably, the Toyota Land Cruiser and Hilux have effectively become almost part of the ISIS brand,” said Mark Wallace, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, who is CEO of the Counter Extremism Project, a non-profit working to expose the financial support networks of terror groups.

Toyota’s own figures show sales of Hilux and Land Cruisers tripling from 6,000 sold in Iraq in 2011 to 18,000 sold in 2013, before sales dropped back to 13,000 in 2014.

Toyota said in a statement that it was not aware of any dealership selling to the terror group but “would immediately” take action if it did, including termination of the distribution agreement.

U.S. Treasury officials told ABC News they could not comment publicly about the agency’s engagement with specific private companies. But in response to questions about Toyota, the officials said investigators are “working closely with foreign counterparts and stakeholders” on the issue.
 

Jesus X

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how they aquired that anti aircraft gun in the trucks bed should probably be investigated before the toyota pick up trucks everybody and their mom has in 3rd world countries.
 

sparkuri

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Is this from the Onion???!!

"The investigation, which is being led by the Terror Financing unit of the U.S. Treasury Department,"
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Talk about deflection.



"Hey!
Where'd you get all those Toyota's sitting next to those Stryker brigade Hummer's????

You know.....The ones parked next to those M-1 Abrams'???? Yeah, THOSE"
 

lookoutawhale

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Is this from the Onion???!!

"The investigation, which is being led by the Terror Financing unit of the U.S. Treasury Department,"
...........................................................................^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^



Talk about deflection.



"Hey!
Where'd you get all those Toyota's sitting next to those Stryker brigade Hummer's????

You know.....The ones parked next to those M-1 Abrams'???? Yeah, THOSE"
hehe good catch! :rightmagnify:
 

BackOffWarchild

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Every freedom fighter in the middle east and north Africa has been using a Hilux for decades. The Chad/Libya border war in the mid-late 80's was actually referred to as "The Toyota War" for the way troops and small arms were so rapidly deployed using small, 4-cyclinder, 4wd Toyotas. Made their mark on desert warfare.
 

SongExotic2

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I've got a buddy who works r&d for Toyota and he says they have been working on a top secret magic carpet....


.....someone call jake shields


Toyota done gone rogue
 

ThatOneDude

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I've got a buddy who works r&d for Toyota and he says they have been working on a top secret magic carpet....


.....someone call jake shields


Toyota done gone rogue
So what you're saying is you consort with terrorists?
 

sparkuri

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Doesn't it seem strange that ISIS has a huge fleet of identical Toyota Hilux pick-up trucks? The US Treasury Department also wondered how they got all those trucks so they started an investigation. Well the mystery is now solved: the US State Department shipped them to what it believed was the "Free Syrian Army." Heckuva job, guys...

The Mystery of ISIS’ Toyota Army Solved
http://bit.ly/1MiTglM
 

lookoutawhale

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Doesn't it seem strange that ISIS has a huge fleet of identical Toyota Hilux pick-up trucks? The US Treasury Department also wondered how they got all those trucks so they started an investigation. Well the mystery is now solved: the US State Department shipped them to what it believed was the "Free Syrian Army." Heckuva job, guys...

The Mystery of ISIS’ Toyota Army Solved
http://bit.ly/1MiTglM
wow thats crazy. the army needs to put a GPS tracker on these things so they know where they are at all times.

crazy to think they are arming the very enemies they are trying to kill.
 

ThatOneDude

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Not buying it. If you've been there you know those truck are everywhere.