July 10, 2014 | Quote
US Defense Secretary Calls ISIL Imminent Threat
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But just how much farther ISIL can push remains a question. Tony Badran at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies spoke to VOA via Skype.
“It’s successes mainly have been now against, weak, disorganized, demoralized or even subverted in certain cases, like penetrated groups, where you have a Sunni contingent deploying in a Sunni province,” said Badran.
And while ISIL poses an imminent threat to the region, Badran says much of the group's talk may be nothing more than posturing.
“Understand ISIS as a local phenomena. They may talk global but their objectives as we see them now in the short to medium term are very much local,” he said.
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