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Turkey’s overlooked role in rise of latest ‘Islamic Caliphate’, and what’s coming next - World Tribune | World Tribune

Turkey’s overlooked role in rise of latest ‘Islamic Caliphate’, and what’s coming next

Special to WorldTribune.com

Gregory R. Copley, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs

Much has been spewed forth about the seemingly inexorable and sudden rise, steeped in blood, of a chimeric new “state”, the so-called Islamic Caliphate. It has occupied land seized from Syria and Iraq, both states conveniently presently divided, distracted, and ripe — at least for the moment — for exploitation.

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