
Rise of the Islamic State
Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Radio Archive, Episode 179 , Segment 1
Episode: ISIS, California Prisoners, National Parks in Winter, Flu Shots
- Nov 16, 2015 10:00 pm
- 22:15 mins
Guest: Cole Bunzel, Author of “From Paper State to Caliphate: The Ideology of the Islamic State” which was published by the Brookings Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World The Islamic State terror groups has claimed responsibility for a series of coordinated attacks in Paris over the weekend that killed more than 120 people. The Islamic State also claimed responsibility for two deadly bombings in Lebanon earlier last week and the apparent bombing of a plane carrying more than two-hundred Russian tourists that crashed in Egypt a week and a half ago. All of this from a group once considered by US and other Western officials as less of a threat than Al Qaeda. How did the Islamic State become so powerful and are its goals changing as it rises? You can read the full report here