ISIS Moves Into Narco Terror With the ‘Jihadi Pill’ Captagon
Q&A with Dr. Robert J. Bunker on the shift and its broader significance Coalition forces recently captured and destroyed an ISIS drug cache in southern Syria, which was valued at $1.4 million and included more than 300,000 pills of the drug captagon. The discovery brought attention to a new development in the operations of ISIS terrorists. With the loss of its so-called “caliphate”—and the loss of money from taxes and oil, the group is turning to drug trafficking. This new line of business for the terrorist network raises some serious questions. First off, consumption of drugs and alcohol are banned under Islam, so why do ISIS fighters get a free pass? The drugs, meanwhile, are unlikely being made entirely by ISIS, so another question arises on who is supplying the drugs or ingredients? To answer these questions, I reached out to Robert J. Bunker, adjunct research professor at the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College. The following is a Q&A from