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The Fight Against ISIS Creates Strange Bedfellows

Last week, President Obama was taking heat for saying he did not yet have a “strategy” for dealing with the Islamic State. But Friday, after the NATO summit in Wales, he announced his intent to build a new coalition to oppose the group he refers to by one of its many names, ISIL—the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

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By Warren Olney • Sep 8, 2014 • 1 min read

Last week, President Obama was taking heat for saying he did not yet have a “strategy” for dealing with the Islamic State. But Friday, after the NATO summit in Wales, he announced his intent to build a new coalition to oppose the group he refers to by one of its many names, ISIL—the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

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