With Friends Like These, ISIS Is Doomed

Frenemies

The Islamic State is no longer a juggernaut, it’s a motley alliance of factions just waiting to betray each other.

Published Jul. 24 2014 5:45AM EDT

articles/2014/07/24/with-friends-like-these-isis-is-doomed/140723-siegel-isis-tease_tgwyfn — Reuters

BAGHDAD, Iraq — At the mention of Caliph Ibrahim, leader of the self-declared Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, Abu Mustafa points at his chest and nods.

Jacob Siegel

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With Friends Like These, ISIS Is Doomed

The Islamic State is no longer a juggernaut, it’s a motley alliance of factions just waiting to betray each other.

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Jacob Siegel