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The two wings of the 'Caliphate'
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] ISIS' activity in Sirte and Sinai is illustrative of a strategy by ISIS to create two centers of power not only to destabilize Libya and Egypt but neighboring countries from West Africa to Soddy Arabia...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... . These two wings of the caliphate need to be recognized for what they are: A strategic and tactical pincher move to "pop" Egypt and spread ISIS' deviant ideology across North Africa. ISIS is also looking at the outer edge of the caliphate's appendages to form the space necessary to send more fighters from the Caliphates core in the Levant to Libya and Egypt. ISIS was displaced in Derna by Majlis Shura Al-Mujahideen which is an al-Qaeda affiliate. But the defeat didn't matter because ISIS is pliable. ISIS is able to fill the gaps in Libya and choose Sirte as its next stronghold because of its strategic location. Posted by: Fred 2015-08-25 |
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