Earlier this month, NBC News published a "heat map" leaked from the National Counterterrorism Center that purported to show that the Islamic State extremist group has expanded to "fully operational" status in 18 countries and is spreading to several others. Writing in The Hill this week, however, counterterrorism researcher Anhvinh Doanvo argues that it is … Continue reading Fuzzy math, the ISIS brand, and America’s foreign military presence
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Headlines this weekend indicate that the latest round of U.S. efforts to train and strengthen the Iraqi Army are not going as well as hoped. Citing anonymous sources, the New York Times reported Saturday that Iraq's army "faces daunting obstacles on the battlefield that will most likely delay for months a long-planned major offensive on … Continue reading Iraqi Army Failures Suggest Post-ISIS Problems
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