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ISIS Plan To Establish Caliphate In Libya Is In Jeopardy

ISIS terrorists retreating from Iraq and Syria to establish an Islamic State in Libya are going to find it difficult to break away from their coastal enclave. The barren deserts of Libya devoid of shelter and the sectarianism that was rife in the Middle East is not conducive to Jihadist causes. According to a new report, the terrorist group face major roadblocks to establishing a true back-up capital there. The Independent reports: The Combating Terrorism Center report, published on 17 March, said the terrorist group Isis suffered “setbacks” in Libya and is struggling to expand there. The West Point center noted that there’s no doubt that Isis will remain a “violent threat” in Libya as it’s targeted in Iraq and Syria. But the center also said Isis’s Libya base would be a “poorer and more constrained organisation deprived of personnel, revenue, and the fundamental narrative tropes of governance and sectarianism that is has used to ‘remain and expand.’” US officials have reacted with alarm at how much Isis (also known as the Islamic State, ISIL, or Daesh) has grown in Libya over the past year. And as the US-led anti-Isis coalition continues hammering the group with airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, Isis [...]