Most Westerners, including lawmakers and policy analysts, assume that the Islamic State was defeated in Iraq and Syria in 2017, and that’s that. But the jihad imperative never ends, and neither does the jihad.
“IS claims responsibility for an attack that killed 33 Syrian soldiers, and vows to keep fighting,” Associated Press, August 12, 2023:
BEIRUT — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for an ambush in eastern Syria that killed and wounded dozens of soldiers as opposition activists said the death toll rose Saturday to at least 33 as some of the wounded succumbed to their injuries….
The Friday night statement said IS fighters ambushed two army trucks in the eastern province of Deir el-Zour using different kinds of weapons. IS claimed that 40 members of the Syrian military were killed and 10 were wounded.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the death toll reached 33 Saturday. Another activist collective that covers news in eastern Syria put the death toll at 35 adding that all of the dead were members of the Syrian army’s 17th Division….
“Let the whole world know that our allegiance to our leaders is practiced with deeds and not words and our Jihad is going on until Doomsday,” IS said….
Last week, IS announced the death in Syria of its little-known leader, Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurayshi — who had headed the extremist organization since November — and named his successor. He was the fourth leader to be killed since its founder, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed in 2019 by U.S. troops in northwest Syria.
PRCS says
Politicians who say I/we defeated ISIS are either foolish or lying.
OLD GUY says
Sadly this fight between western civilization and islam will go on until one side destroys and kills the other.
While western political leaders and media think they can appease the islamic ideology by using favorable words and actions, they are only allowing islam to gain control and strength across the globe.
Open borders is the suicide of a country.
Fitna says
I never used to be a callous person until I learned about Islam. Now when Muslims murder each other, I think it’s great news for the world, better than them killing us. In fact we should be using the old Colonial tactic of divide and conquer…arm both sides and let them end each other.
However I doubt Islam with it’s 1.5 billion followers will likely implode. We will probably need to fight Muslims at some point. Hopefully we can get out of it through deportations or just bribing them to resettle elsewhere, which is cheaper in the long run. Whatever it takes to purge ourselves of Islam in the West, I’m for it.