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Its history goes back way before the group ever existed. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsA jO In the few short years since the Islamic Sta (more)

Its history goes back way before the group ever existed.

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In the few short years since the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria formed, it has done the seemingly impossible, seizing vast areas of the Middle East to form a mini-state it calls a reincarnation of the ancient Caliphate. It is at war with all its neighbors and virtually the entire world, yet someone remains, and is launching increasingly deadly terror attacks abroad.

To understand how this terrible group came about and how it has grown so powerful, you need to understand the story behind its rise. And that is a story that goes back decades, to long before ISIS existed

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