Daily Record: How did ISIS get so many Toyotas? US Treasury launches investigation into Japanese firm
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An investigation has been launched into how so many Toyotas ended up in the hands of ISIS. The car maker's trucks, particularly Toyota Hilux pickups and Toyota Land Cruisers, have appeared in the terror group's propaganda videos in Iraq, Syria and Libya, loaded with heavy weapons and packed full with terrorists.
Mark Wallace, a former US Ambassador to the United Nations, who is CEO of the Counter Extremism Project, told ABC News : “Regrettably, the Toyota Land Cruiser and Hilux have effectively become almost part of the ISIS brand."
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October 7, 2015
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