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Islamic State and al Qaeda in renewed talks to join forces

Apr 19, 2017 9:15 am By Christine Douglass-Williams

Should this significant jihadist merger happen, it will mean double trouble, not just in Iraq and Syria, but also in expanded jihad missions globally. And it wouldn’t be difficult, since the Islamic State emerged from al-Qaeda and diverged from it only on tactics, not on beliefs. On the good news side, the Islamic State and al Qaeda attempted a merger in November 2014 that did not work out. Nor was it expected to, for reasons that still apply, including both groups’ strategy, as well as a spirit of competition. However, the desperate situation brought about by the Islamic State’s losses to coalition forces in Syria and Iraq may make a merger more expedient.

“Double threat? ISIS and Al Qaeda are in talks to join forces, Iraq’s VP says”, by David Lee Miller, Fox News, April 18, 2017:

Iraq’s vice president said rival terror groups ISIS and Al Qaeda are exchanging ideas on ways to join forces.

Vice President Ayad Allawi told Reuters he got the information from contacts in Iraq and the region. He did not reveal more specific details about the source of his information.

Allawi said the leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and the head of Al Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, are not communicating with each other directly but through intermediaries.

“I don’t know exactly when, but there are discussions and dialogues between messengers,” he said, adding that it’s not clear how the two groups will work together.

The Islamic State, which made territorial gains in Mosul and parts of northern Iraq, has more recently been pushed out of much of the region under pressure from an international coalition that includes the United States.

Despite losing ground, the group still controls areas in Mosul’s Old City, where the narrow streets have slowed coalition forces. ISIS still maintains control of a handful of other Iraqi towns and its base in Raqqa, Syria.

Iraq’s prime minister last month called for more support from the international community to combat ISIS and Al Qaeda. Talk of the terror groups working together could help raise more military aid.

Despite concerns the groups might be trying to forge an alliance, they have been competing with another for fighters, money and other resources ever since ISIS split from Al Qaeda in 2014.

Earlier this year, Al Qaeda’s leader repeated criticism of the Islamic State’s violent attacks, such as beheadings of civilians. Al Qaeda refused to recognize ISIS’s self-declared caliphate in Iraq and Syria.

Some analysts said animosity between the two groups is further fueled by competition to each be seen as the true leader of the Islamic jihadist cause.

Although ISIS might now be on the run, Allawi said that does not mean the group has been eliminated….

 

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Filed Under: Al-Qaeda, Islamic State (aka ISIS, ISIL, Daesh) Tagged With: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Ayman al-Zawahiri


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  1. Oliver says

    Apr 19, 2017 at 9:50 am

    If they were to join forces to destroy the Iranian puppet Hezbollah. Then turn on each other. I could support that.

  2. Pal says

    Apr 19, 2017 at 10:38 am

    “Why all Muslims benefit from terrorism”: Because it expands the territory of islam and the expanded territory is for all – “radicals” and “moderns” alike:
    https://counterjihadreport.com/2017/04/05/the-two-faces-of-islam-why-all-muslims-benefit-from-terrorism-david-wood/
    Till the end of the world…

    • mortimer says

      Apr 19, 2017 at 6:01 pm

      Agree with ‘Pal’: (jihad) “expands the territory of islam and the expanded territory is for all” (Muslims).

      Moderate Muslims do not disagree with making the world more Islamic.

      Moderate Muslims will never say, “GIVE IT BACK”!

      Governments of Islamic countries take steps to prosecute persecutors of Christians when Western diplomats intervene.

  3. JIMJFOX says

    Apr 19, 2017 at 11:11 am

    “What’s in a name”? Shakespeare is relevant- that which we call a psychopathic death cult stinks
    whether it’s al- this or jabhat- that. Jihad is jihad, Islam is Islam; it ALL has to go. Or civilization does.

  4. St. Manuel II Palaiologos says

    Apr 19, 2017 at 4:57 pm

    This would not be good for Syria.

  5. NormB says

    Apr 19, 2017 at 5:10 pm

    They may have different uniforms, but they’re playing for the same team.

    Like democrats and RINOs.

  6. mortimer says

    Apr 19, 2017 at 6:05 pm

    The differences of opinion between the two groups are fortunate and help the Allies to buy time. Al Baghdadi, though very well-educated in Islam and in the SALAFI SECT official in Saudi Arabia, he is not personally liked as was Osama bin Laden. That is also fortunate. A popular caliph would be harder to beat.

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