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Terror Networks
A Fresh Perspective: The shattering of Western myths by IS
2015-01-04
[Jpost] Many people were shocked when they first heard of the 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(IS), a small terrorist group that took over large parts of Iraq and Syria and declared itself a new caliphate in June 2014. The rise of IS-inspired terrorist activity in La Belle France, Canada and Australia has only enhanced this shock.

However,
P. 49 doesn't always cut off where I'd expect, darn it! List and explanation of myths will be found there, all 1300+ words of it.
Posted by:trailing wife

#2  I'd say to the writer: "No $h!t Sherlock." Indeed, most of the Obama administration suffers from terminal naivete and they do embrace these 4 myths. They tend to believe their own B.S.
Posted by: JohnQC   2015-01-04 09:38  

#1  most of the obama admin still believes in those myths plus a few other doozies (e.g., that the Islamic State is not Islamic)
Posted by: lord garth   2015-01-04 01:03  

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