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ISIS: A Threat Well Beyond The Middle East -- Luke Hunt, The Diplomat
The success of militants in Iraq may be inspiring radicals in Southeast Asia.
The threat of Islamic militants deploying terror tactics across Southeast Asia is making an unwelcome comeback. Driven in part by the relentless drive into Iraq by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the threat has already emerged in Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand and the Philippines.
Authorities in these countries fear home-grown Islamic militants in league with Baghdadi and his Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) will return and plot their own caliphate, not unlike Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) did when it launched its own terror campaign in league with al-Qaeda more than a decade ago.
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My Comment: Islamic radicals are like everyone else .... they want to be with a winner .... and for the moment the perception is that ISIS is winning.
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