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    Victory over Islamic State is near. Then what?

    by Chicago Tribune Oct 18, 2017 3 minutes

    The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Wednesday, Oct. 18:

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    The once-fearsome Islamic State army now staggers through its last days. U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters declared Tuesday that they had recaptured Raqqa, the self-proclaimed capital of the fast-crumbling caliphate. That is a swift and remarkable achievement for an improbable coalition of global friends, enemies and frenemies who looked past other conflicts to focus on crushing the barbarous Islamic State.

    Does this portend an interlude of relative calm

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