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"Some reports indicate (or claim) that ISIS and Al Qaeda are discussing a merger. Since the discussions have supposedly been between representatives of “Caliph” al-Baghdadi of ISIS and al Qaeda Central (AQC) head Ayman al-Zawahiri, in the interest of caution we should assume that the discussions are not just about a reconciliation in Syria and Iraq but about a global merger."
An ISIS-Al Qaeda Merger? | Small Wars Journal
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If Mattis continues slaughtering them, they can get together in a phone booth. For you youngsters, a little Tardis with a pay phone in it.
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That was one. The other was http://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/isis-after-the-caliphate
ISIS After The Caliphate | Small Wars Journal
The defeat of ISIS in the Iraqi city of Mosul and its increasingly tenuous grip on its capital in Raqqa, Syria, demonstrates that the group can, and will, be physically defeated. In early July Iraqi security forces reported that they had broken through ISIS’ last line of defenses in Mosul, leaving ISIS in control of a strip of land along the Tigris River measuring only an eighth of a mile.[i] In desperation ISIS even allowed women into battle...
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LTC Eric Udouj strategically, it makes since to merge with the recent defeats. The meetings of their leaders could be the hashing out of the leadership structure. That could be a force to be reckoned with if they were able to successfully merge.
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But was Mosul seen as a significant defeat by IS - or did they achieve what they set out to do? Recall - there was no surrender of Mosul.
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