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World
There’s a Machiavellian Method to the ISIS Madness
Misleading Masterminds
Like communists of yore, the soldiers of the caliphate are seeking to ‘exacerbate the contradictions’ of those ranged against them.
Christopher Dickey
World News Editor
Published
Jul. 7 2016
1:00AM EDT
Carlo Allegri/Reuters
Christopher Dickey
World News Editor
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