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By Maajid Nawaz, Chairman Of Counter Extremism Think-tank, Quilliam
There is a new standard for global jihad. Through skilled publicity in particular the professional use of social media unprecedented brutality and conquest on the ground, ISIS has outmanoeuvred just about everyone, especially Ayman al-Zawahiri, Al Qaedas ageing leader.
When 800 jihadis can defeat 30,000 Iraqi soldiers, there is only one explanation that rings true for potential jihadis everywhere:
God is on their side. It is now likely that malcontents from all over the world will flock to ISIS as the true heirs to Bin Ladens legacy, bringing bloodshed and sectarian savagery on an unprecedented scale and creating a new nerve centre to export terror to the West.
Threat: The group (some members pictured in front of an ISIS flag) will attract extremists from around the world who are willing to export terror to the US
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Threat: The group (some members pictured in front of an ISIS flag) will attract extremists from around the world who are willing to export terror to the US
The rise of ISIS in Iraq is a wider threat to the stability of the Middle East and the West than many realise. Al Qaeda is now yesterdays news.
What we do next is crucial. Our action or inaction can easily make the situation worse. ISIS is blow-back from our confused policy in Syria as much as it is from the invasion of Iraq, where the sectarian prime minister Nouri al-Maliki inadvertently facilitated ISIS by purging his government of Sunni Arabs, providing them with every reason to stand aside and watch as ISIS went on the rampage.
The greatest challenge is how to tackle the growing crisis.
First of all, direct Western military intervention would be extremely unwise in the current climate. That would be the greatest possible clarion call to unite jihadists under the ISIS banner.
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Uncle Joe
(58,481 posts)from there like they did in the North.
Thanks for the thread, Purveyor.
AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)Nobody in Iraq has stood up to them yet. The Shia will be fighting for their lives. It's gonna get ugly.
Uncle Joe
(58,481 posts)I agree, AgingAmerican it will be ugly.
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