The Rise of Islamic State
Cockburn, Patrick![The Rise of Islamic State](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/335/33513138/CHSBZCOP0333513138.jpg)
Though capable of staging spectacular attacks like 9/11, jihadist organizations were not a significant force on the ground when they first became notorious in the shape of al-Qa'ida at the turn of century. //Today, that's changed. Exploiting the missteps of the West's wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya, as well as its misjudgments in relation to Syria and the uprisings of the Arab Spring, jihadist organizations, of which ISIS is the most impo...