ISIS(CIA) 2.0 WARNING: New Islamist terror cult could emerge once Daesh caliphate is crushed
AN ISLAMIC State 2.0 could emerge once the original terror organisation is defeated, according to experts.
By LAURA MOWAT
Express.co.uk
Fri, Nov 24, 2017
Analysts have warned an “Islamic State 2” or “al-Qaeda 3.0” may be launched as the fanatical cult regroups and regenerates.
ISIS strongholds have been recaptured from the terror group in Syria and Iraq, but there are still unresolved issues in the region, such as sectarian conflict, economic hardship and religious rivalries.
Head of the Middle East and North Africa at Eurasia Group, Ayham Kamel, told CNBC: “The Islamic State is almost defeated, but a radical Islamist insurgency will remain in both Iraq and Syria as the fighters turn to traditional terrorism.”
He said: “However, losing the pillars of its state, ISIS no longer represents a strategic threat to the integrity of either Iraq or Syria. There’s even a possibility of alliances with al-Qaeda in Syria as these configurations are always fluid.”
Director of the Joint International Counter-Terrorism Unit, Jane Marriott, added: “Defeating the physical caliphate so it’s no longer on a map has to be a good thing, it’s the right thing to do.
“But you then have to get the follow-up right and if we, the international community, don’t get the politics right, the reconstruction, the economic element and the governing solutions in the right place then it will lead to Daesh 2.0 or al-Qaeda 3.0
“So it’s about ensuring that the things that governments do are the right things and that ultimately they don’t make the situation worse in the long run.”
A huge number of towns and cities in parts of Syria and Iraq have been wiped out during the war to defeat ISIS.
According to the NGO Human Rights Watch, millions of people have been displaced by the fighting.
Earlier this week, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani declared the end of ISIS, while a senior military commander thanked the “thousands of martyrs” killed in operations organised by Iran to defeat the militant group in Syria and Iraq.
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