Zack Beauchamp · Tuesday, July 05, 2016, 1:20 pm
ISIS vowed to make Ramadan violent, and it has delivered. As the Muslim holy month came to a close in the past week, a wave of ISIS-linked terrorist attacks hit places around the world, including bombings at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport, the execution of roughly 20 hostages in Bangladesh, and one of the deadliest suicide bombing in Baghdad’s recent history. Clearly, the group is stepping up its terrorism efforts. Why?
According to Clint Watts, a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI), the answer is clear. ISIS is losing territory and money and is lashing out in an attempt to find a way to survive the losses.
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http://www.vox.com/2016/7/5/12096974/isis-ramadan-terrorism-losing
This blog will focus on political images I have found all around the Internet, though I will intersperse some commentary and quotes that I find interesting.
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