Recent attacks counter Kerry’s claim of despair in Islamic State

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Jul 11 2016 10:04 AM
Harshita

Recent attacks counter Kerry’s claim of despair in Islamic State

The Islamic State’s export of deadly terrorism to the United States, Europe and elsewhere was always part of its game plan once territory was secured in Syria and Iraq, military and outside analysts say.

Their assessment counters Secretary of State John F. Kerry’s assertions that the Islamic State’s wave of attacks in Iraq,Saudi Arabia, the Istanbul airport and a Bangladeshi restaurant were desperate responses from a losing enemy rather than being part of a campaign plan.

The U.S.-led counteroffensive to take away the Islamic State’s territory, mile by mile, village by village, in Iraq and Syria is succeeding, Mr. Kerry said at the Aspen Ideas Festival, noting that the Islamic State has not launched a major counteroffensive inside those countries in a year.

“Now, yes, you can bomb an airport, you can blow yourself up,” the top U.S. diplomat said. “That’s the tragedy. Daesh and others like it know that we have to get it right 24/7/365. They have to get it right for 10 minutes or one hour, so it’s a very different scale. And if you’re desperate and if you know you are losing and you know you want to give up your life, then obviously you can do some harm.”

Daesh is the Arabic acronym for the Islamic State group, which also is called ISIL and ISIS.

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