ISIS Is the Cockroach Caliphate That Just Keeps Coming Back
COCKROACH CALIPHATE
Every time it’s been crushed, the most successful jihadist organization in history bounces back. Now it’s thriving in Iraq and Syria and recruiting throughout Africa.
Early this past March, a team of U.S. Marine Raiders—the Corps’ Special Operations forces—found itself locked in a firefight with well-entrenched jihadist insurgents in the mountains near the town of Makhmur in northern Iraq.