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Why The Terrorists Are Winning in Iraq—And How That Could Cost Them Everything

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The Islamists too extreme for al Qaeda have scored their biggest victory yet. But the price of victory could be a giant target on their backs.

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Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city, was seized Tuesday by members of a militant Islamist group that was disowned by al Qaeda for being too extreme and uncompromising.

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