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« on: June 13, 2014, 04:56:41 PM »
Why? They have a de facto independent state now, with the capital at Irbil, and they just added Kirkuk to their zone of control. It seems to me that a formal, public announcement would have little real benefit, but plenty of potential negatives.
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« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2014, 12:13:04 PM »
I'm skeptical that ISIS is organized enough to keep their "Caliphate" together in anything beyond the very short term. I think it's definitely possible, but not the sure thing some people seem to be assuming.
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« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2014, 02:08:53 PM »
Unfortunately, ISIS appears to have mastered "Pillage, then burn."
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