Isis Can ''muster'' Between 20,000 And 31,500 Fighters, Cia Says

[Spartan]

A CIA assessment puts the number of ISIS fighters at up to 31,500, more than three times the number previously estimated, an agency spokesman told CNN on Thursday.
 

ISIS, the terror group that calls itself the Islamic State, "can muster between 20,000 and 31,500 fighters across Iraq and Syria," the spokesman said.

 

Analysts and U.S. officials initially estimated there were as many as 10,000 fighters, including those who were freed from prisons by ISIS, and Sunni loyalists who have joined the fight as the group advanced across Iraq.

 

"This new total reflects an increase in members because of stronger recruitment since June following battlefield successes and the declaration of a caliphate, greater battlefield activity, and additional intelligence," the spokesman said.