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| Africa Military Moves by U.S. Reflect Iraq, Afghan Wars |
| 2014-08-03 |
| [Bloomberg] BLUF: Islamic State If Libya continues to unravel, it could provide an opening for the Islamic State, the Sunni militant group whose leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, last month declared a caliphate in territories captured by his group in Syria and Iraq, according to Julia McQuaid, an analyst at the Arlington, Virginia-based CNA Corp., a U.S.-funded research group. “One could imagine a situation where a group in Libya sees success in the Islamic State and pursues a similar path –- essentially declaring a physical territory part of the Islamic State, pledging allegiance to al-Baghdadi,” McQuaid said in an e-mail. She’s the author of a report titled “Reviving the Caliphate: Fad, or the Future?” The U.S. military’s role in helping African countries battle militancy and civil wars in the continent is essential because “we have to get away from the romanticism that these are local squabbles with their government, and if we accommodate them they might harmlessly leave us alone,” O’Hanlon said. “That may be true for some groups, but not for al-Qaeda affiliates.” |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #2 The US feds really are schizophrenic. Good Islam, bad Islam. There is one Islam and it is dead spreading death. |
| Posted by: TopRev 2014-08-03 12:10 |
| #1 Not sure I fully support CNA's hypothesis, but food for thought anyway. Here is their website. CNA Website. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-08-03 03:21 |