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Emboldened in Syria and Iraq, Islamic State may be reaching limits of expansion
[AlAhram] With its two biggest victories in nearly a year in Iraq and Syria, Islamic State...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... has energised its fighters, littered the streets of two cities with the bodies of its enemies and forced Washington to re-examine its strategy. The near simultaneous capture this month of Ramadi west of Baghdad and Palmyra northeast of Damascus has reinforced the sway of the self-proclaimed caliphate of all Moslems closer to the ramparts of Islam's two great historic capitals. Posted by: trailing wife 2015-05-29 |
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