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ISIS is losing territory on all fronts (Trump is against this because it is "nation building")
by David Choi at Business Insider
http://www.businessinsider.com/what-isis-leaves-behind-2016-8
"SNIP............
There's no question that ISIS forces are losing ground in territories in Syria and Iraq — after making so many enemies from several countries and across numerous ethnic lines, the group might have bit off more than it could chew.
Forces seem to be losing territory so fast that they resorted to tactics such as kidnapping civilians to form a "human shield" during hasty retreats.
Images taken of abandoned ISIS strongholds in Syria and Iraq suggest that the trove of valuable intelligence materials left behind, such as ordnance components, could be analyzed by experts to thwart ISIS in the future.
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