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Iraq

Britain's defense secretary: War against IS in 'new phase'

2018-01-06

[Ynet] Britannia's Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson has warned that dangers from 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....
group are "far from over" despite its defeat in Iraq.

Williamson says the fight now "enters a new phase" and expressed his government's commitment to continue working with the U.S.-led coalition to hunt down remaining IS fighters in Syria and elsewhere.

He spoke at a presser in Baghdad on Thursday. He signed a statement of intent for a 10 million British pounds ($13. 5 million) investment in Iraq's counter terrorism capacities.

Williamson said his government is determined to "win the war online, preventing (IS) viral propaganda from recruiting yet more fanatical fighters."

Posted by:trailing wife

#2 No, it is not entering a "new phase" it is returning to Phase One of the "Management of Savagery." Back to creating regions of savagery or zones of chaos for them to exploit and move to fill. Phase two is building popular support and phase three is establishment of the caliphate. AQ thought IS moved way to quickly to phase 3, and that they would be destroyed once they did so... AQ was correct.

So, it is not a "new phase" it is back to phase one.

Posted by: Tennessee 2018-01-06 10:15

#1 Where they stop trying to actually rule in dar and switch to killing westerners in the west?

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-01-06 04:03

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