American - Journalist | September 16, 1973 -
ISIS controls a territory roughly the size of Maryland where 8 million people live. If it's attacked and toppled, who will fill the void?
Richard Engel
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The U.S. spent billions of dollars to build a secular, professional national Iraqi army but failed because, despite all the U.S.-supplied guns, tanks and planes, the Iraqi military fell apart when challenged by a band of terrorists.
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The Donetsk People's Republic is the self-declared pro-Russian government that wants to break away from Ukraine.
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Hezbollah and the government are only two of 18 political factions in Lebanon, most of them armed. There are militant Christian groups, Palestinian radicals, al-Qaida, Druze militias and even armed bands of Marxists still operating in Lebanon.
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Hamas is a Palestinian political party with an aggressive militant wing.
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Hamas has long been Israel's enemy, but in the wake of the Arab Spring, the group is empowered like never before.
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What is the Obama Doctrine? It seems to be one of disengagement, to try to ignore the hot, religious, dry, poor countries from Algeria to Pakistan.
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Any information about U.S. special operations forces is highly sensitive.
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Some Iraqi troops aren't willing to fight for their government. But many Shiites appear willing to fight for their religious leaders.
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If Syria collapses completely, the United States and the world would have to consider who, and what, fills the vacuum.
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Shaped like Texas, but twice as big, Mali is one of the poorest countries in the world. It exports almost nothing - mostly just cotton, gold and livestock - and doesn't have enough money to import much of anything, either.
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Bhutto's regime is remembered for having one of the worst human rights records in Pakistan's history, and her government did not allow the media freedoms she criticizes Musharraf for crushing.
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