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After Obama Says ‘ISIS is Contained,’ Jake Tapper Destroys the White House

A year after the Islamic State group seized the city of Mosul and spread south, effectively dividing the country and plunging it into chaos, Iraq is struggling with a staggering political, economic and humanitarian crisis it may take generations to recover from.

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“Just recently, they (ISIS) instructed all their recruits, all their operatives on the ground, to film everything”, he said.

And this comes against the backdrop of an intensified counter-terrorism campaign on the streets of Europe which could alienate Muslim minorities and stir anti-refugee sentiment.

“That it happened was not a surprise”. “You can not lead from behind”.

These attacks underscore that we are facing an enemy who is fierce, who is relentless, who is at war with us even if our own president doesn’t understand that it is at war with us.

“We’re dealing with a threat to Western civilization”, Huckabee said.

And Syrian government forces Wednesday broke a more than year-long siege by IS around an air base in the country’s north.

Daesh is technically an acronym for the Islamic State’s proper Arabic name, al-Dawla al-Islamiya fi al-Iraq wa al-Sham, and was used by ISIS members for a period of time. “I don’t think so, because the French have been quite resolute”. They don’t want to follow the Russian narrative.

“Boots on the ground would be important, because throughout that whole Middle Eastern region we have been calling for a coalition of the people who have a vested interest”, Ben Carson said in Florida. Joining (its fight) is a duty on every Muslim.

“Intelligence officials there and in the United States have told me that plot was directed by the top leadership of ISIS in Syria”, he said.

“It is certainly an unprecedented attack for them in terms of results in Europe”.

At a campaign rally in Texas on Saturday, Trump suggested that Parisians may have been able to limit the damage of the attack if gun restrictions were relaxed. “And if you don’t understand that, you’re not ready to be commander-in-chief in my view”.

“In the first Persian Gulf War, we had roughly 1,100 air attacks a day”.

The jihadist network has repeatedly threatened European countries, including France, with violence. “I do think that former President Obama is likely to be in a situation where he writes that Syria was one of the most challenging foreign policy situations that his administration had to confront, but that we succeeded in doing so, mindful of the lessons of the recent history”.

Most rebel groups in Syria fiercely oppose both the regime of President Bashar al-Assad and IS, which has declared a self-styled “caliphate” in parts of Syria and Iraq.

What’s more, the type of target is changing.

The Islamic State has not suffered any major setbacks since its dramatic rise, and its many opponents have not acted in a coordinated manner.

The polarized debate will only increase tensions ahead of tests such as France’s regional elections next month, which could see victories for the anti-immigrant Front National.

“It’s a gift from the extremist gods to have this happen at this time”, Skinner said, warning the attack and the French response could mark a turning point in European society.

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With the Investigatory Powers Act making its way through Parliament, he also said security services need additional powers to tackle terrorists. And while killing the bad guys can be satisfying, we need to know what those sickos are planning – that means capturing them, getting them to talk, and then keeping them on ice somewhere, preferably where Amnesty global or similar groups can’t find them.

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