【Sean Mirski | Middle East】The Big Cost of Success: The Rise - TopicsExpress



          

【Sean Mirski | Middle East】The Big Cost of Success: The Rise and Ultimate Fall of ISIS 詳見: glocal.org.hk/articles/40107 In the last year, ISIS has expanded its influence in Syria and Iraq with shocking ferocity and speed. In its rampage, the organization has wrested town after town from a seemingly paralyzed Iraqi military. Worse, ISIS has coupled its military successes with remarkably adept propaganda. It has pumped its extremist ideology into the dark corners of the Internet, even as it broadcasts calculated brutality in order to strike fear into the hearts of its enemies. And in late June, it declared the establishment of a new caliphate and installed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as its caliph. In just one short year, the Islamic State has become a jihadist colossus. #SeanMirski
Posted on: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 06:00:32 +0000

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