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Can the West Destroy ISIS?
Western officials say they've increased "momentum" against the Islamic State, and high-ranking ISIS leaders are being killed. But can military action destroy ISIS if Muslim societies don't address angry young people caught between modernization and an ancient religion?
Western officials say they've increased "momentum" against the Islamic State, and high-ranking ISIS leaders are being killed. But can military action destroy ISIS if Muslim societies don't address angry young people caught between modernization and an ancient religion?
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Photo: A fighter of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) holds an ISIL flag and a weapon on a street in the city of Mosul (Reuters/Stringer)