The Rise Of ISIS Is Unprecedented In The History Of Extremist Organizations
*Islamic State ‘Now Controls Resources And Territory Unmatched In History Of Extremist Organizations’ -- Terrence McCoy, Washington Post* It’s a pattern of territorial expansion that has now become familiar. After the Islamic State captured Sinjar on Sunday, came the executions. Then arrived the orders to convert or die, the flash of the movement’s black flag, the fleeing of thousands — and, finally, the jubilant and chilling images on social media. One showed a destroyed Shiite shrine, which had long sat in the ancient city of Sinjar in northwestern Iraq. Another depicted the exe... more »
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