How IS Sees Itself https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/uncategorized/2014/09/how-is-sees-itself/

September 16, 2014 | Yigal Carmon, Y. Yehoshua, A. Leone
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Unlike al-Qaeda, the “Caliphate” places priority not on global terrorism but on establishing and consolidating a state. Hence it defers the clash with the West to a later stage.

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