The shattered Caliphate dream...

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Last ISIS strong hold falls. ISIS technically wiped out.

http://news.sky.com/story/syrian-army-and-allies-capture-last-isis-stronghold-11118998

He said: "The last stronghold of Daesh (Islamic State), Albu Kamal, is free of the Daesh organisation."

The army and its allies moved into the city and were driving out ISIS fighters throughout Wednesday.

It marks another significant point in the fight against the militant group, which is now effectively wiped out following the fall of major strongholds.
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These infidels will continue to plague the world with their terrorism tactics.

The calaphate might have 'fallen", but the radicalism will continue..
 
There are way too many active cells all over the world that they don't know about. We will never be rid of them.
 
Drifter said:
There are way too many active cells all over the world that they don't know about. We will never be rid of them.
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They have lost the most important thing they had. "The promise of a Godly land". Their recruitment has been declining and I'm sure it's been dealt a neck blow now. They will continue trying to be relevant like LazyLion is saying. But they will be nothing but a distant memory. They are just no longer relevant. If they went about it better they probably could have conquered the middle east. But their brutality directed at the West was their down fall.
 
They're not defeated. You can't destroy an ideology. National Socialists still exist, for example. Just like Al-Qaeda, they will persist in the shadows or find a new home, as Al-Qaeda now calls Yemen home. They may even change their approach, just like Al Qaeda, in order to earn the support of civilians.

Part of AQAP’s reinvention is its positioning as a more moderate organisation than ISIS. In a narrative prevalent across Muslim-majority conflict zones, according to which foreign forces are invaders of Muslim lands, AQAP, which mainly targets government installations and soldiers over civilians, can play on this global rhetoric to recruit. ISIS, which has a small presence in the country but has killed civilians, has been far more extreme than AQAP, although they share some long-term goals, such as establishing a state based on sharia law.

AQAP positions itself as a lesser evil. As in Somalia, where al-Shabaab, a group loyal to al-Qaeda, mainly targets the government and militaries and attempts to provide social services, AQAP tries to play a role in Yemeni society. While ISIS has gained the world’s attention for its global presence and recruiting power, AQAP has been able to learn from its and ISIS’ mistakes. As well as wreaking terror, the group in Yemen is trying to win hearts and minds.
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The group’s pragmatism has allowed it to adapt into Yemen’s political circles and work with other nonextreme Sunni Islamists. This provides AQAP with respect and legitimacy among Yemen’s influential tribal leaders and local politicians and some of the country’s populace.
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https://institute.global/insight/co-existence/yemens-aqap-problem
 
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Daesh has discovered the hard way that creating a caliphate is a far cry from holding it. It certainly won't stop them from trying, and maybe succeeding, again in the future, but it will certainly discourage wannabe jihadists from joining the cause of a group that can't deliver on their most fundamental goal.
 
They're still around. Thousands of trained footsolders are biding their time in Europe alone.....
 
Heading should read "The Shattered Rainbow Nation Dream "
 
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