Posted on 10/10/2014 12:18:14 PM PDT by winoneforthegipper
A local jihadist group has claimed a Libyan city in the name of ISIS, showing how the "Islamic State" could flout traditional notions of territorial contiguity by expanding its "borders" well beyond Iraq and Syria.
As the Islamic State/ISIS continues its offensives in Iraq and Syria, it is steadily gaining support from individuals and groups around the world. Most significantly, a relatively new global jihadist group in Libya -- Majlis Shura Shabab al-Islam (the Islamic Youth Shura Council), or MSSI -- announced last weekend that its claimed territory in the city of Darnah was now part of the ISIS "caliphate." Although ISIS leaders have not commented on this proclamation or formally "annexed" this land into the Islamic State, MSSI's move suggests a potential future approach to expansion that differs from al-Qaeda's franchising model. It could also illustrate how national borders and contiguous landmass may be irrelevant to how ISIS will grow its caliphate beyond the Levant and Mesopotamia.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtoninstitute.org ...
The White House is being dumb.
These guys view the entire world as territories without true governments. They’re creating an empire. You’ll have administrative units pop up wherever they have enough loyal adherents to control the land.
How's that regime change thing going for you?
They are creating an empire and we helped by toppling dictators that at least kept such things in check.
Yeah, they are overdue but inevitable in Southeast Asia. More to the point, when will they openly declare in the Americas.
I would, but what difference does it make?
It will be interesting to see where this leads.
++++
An easy prediction: Beheadings and rapes will increase rapidly and the slave trade will be reestablished in Libya.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.