ISIS driving Toyotas a little too often, US Treasury wonders why
ISIS has many faults, but it sure knows a good car when it sees
one. The US Treasury is now pressing Toyota about why so many of its
vehicles are being driven around by the terrorist group, as evidenced in
their propaganda videos.
statement to explain that this is part of a wider probe into terrorist
supply chains and capital flow, according to ABC. The company also says
it does not know how its trucks ended up in ISIS hands in such a
quantity, and is “supporting” the inquiry.
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model most popular with Islamic State drivers seems to be the Hilux,
similar to Tacomas and Land Cruisers. This overseas version is a
mainstay in ISIS propaganda videos, often loaded to the brim with heavy
weapons.
The company says the cars in the videos aren’t recent
models, but ABC spoke to the Iraqi ambassador to the US, Lukman Faily,
who said that in addition to re-purposing old vehicles, the terrorist
group has been acquiring “hundreds” of “brand new” ones in recent years.
