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Al-Qaeda Says ISIS Has No Future Even Though ISIS Has Surpassed Them In Terror Campaign [Video]

By Dee Sharp
Published on: 17:09 PST, Apr 23, 2016

There apparently is no love lost between the two major jihadist groups in the Middle East, but Al-Qaeda believes that ISIS has no future, even though the younger group has far surpassed the former in their campaign of terrorism in the Middle East and other countries.

The video above describes how ISIS may be “outbidding” Al-Qaeda, meaning they are trying to “outdo” Al-Qaeda. The video mentions how Al-Qaeda attacked Charlie Hebdo, a satirical newspaper that had lampooned Islam, in Paris early in 2015, killing 12 people. ISIS launched an even deadlier attack in the same city last November killing 129 people, certainly “outdoing” Al-Qaeda’s earlier attack. ISIS has also garnered far more support for their cause than Al-Qaeda.

In an article posted by The Christian Science Monitor, it tells why Al-Qaeda believes ISIS has no future. CSM says that Al-Qaeda is now “showing signs of longer-term success.” Al-Qaeda has shown more patience than ISIS, and that patience is paying off for them while ISIS has been continually bombarded by U.S., Russian and other troops after their attack in Paris last year. Apparently Al-Qaeda fighters are making a comeback in Somalia, and are working through local leaders in Yemen to establish support there as well. Jennifer Cafarella, a Syrian expert at the Institute for the Study of War in Washington, says that Al-Qaeda is doing the opposite of ISIS by “doubling down and developing deep roots in the local societies where it has established a presence.”

“It’s positioning itself as an inextricable presence able to pursue its long-term vision of a global caliphate with local support and legitimacy – something ISIS hasn’t been able to do.”

Before we ever heard of ISIS, Al-Qaeda was the big threat, after all they were the ones who spearheaded 9/11. After the U. S. declared war on Al-Qaeda and killed Osama Bin-Laden, terrorists were relatively quiet until the U. S. finally pulled out of Iraq at the end of 2011. Al-Qaeda had been defeated, so there was no need for American troops in the Middle East. Critics said that as soon as the troops left, that Al-Qaeda would take control again, but they didn’t. However, the Islamic State of Islam, or as we know them, ISIS, had begun building their extremist group and hatred even before U.S. troops ever left Iraq.

An NBC article in 2014 chronicled ISIS’s rise to power. As early as 2006, five years before U. S. troops left Iraq, the Islamic State of Iraq was established by Iraqi jihadist groups, vowing to plant “the flag of the state of Islam.” Later the Islamic State sought to distinguish itself from Al-Qaeda in Iraq. In early 2007, the Islamic State of Iraq burned dozens of houses outside of Baghdad, demanding money, weapons and oaths of support. From 2009 to 2012, the Islamic State of Iraq took credit for outbreaks of violence across Iraq, killing hundreds of people and began to overpower Iraqi security forces just as the U. S. handed over more and finally full authority to Iraq.

In April of 2013, the Islamic State of Iraq became the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, which became known as ISIL or ISIS. The group had joined with another jihadist group, the Nusra Front, who were affiliated with Al-Qaeda. The next month, Nusra leaders told news outlets that Nusra had split, due to some agreeing with the merger and others not in agreement. Three loyal Nusra fighters carried out a triple public execution in Raqqa, Syria, proclaiming their loyalty to ISIS. ISIS started seizing control of smaller cities in northern Syria and took control of its first major city, Raqqa, in January of 2014. Al-Qaeda soon cut ties with ISIS after that. ISIS went on to capture more cities and began the genocide of Christians and minority religious groups. The group used the internet to publish videos of beheading and executing prisoners.

Al-Qaeda is patiently waiting for ISIS to fade out of existence so they can re-establish their reign of terror once more. They have an advantage since the focus is on ISIS – while the world is trying to destroy ISIS, Al-Qaeda has not been sitting on their thumbs.

Do you think Al-Qaeda is right about ISIS having no future? Whatever the outcome, it doesn’t look like there will be any reduction in extremist groups like ISIS or Al-Qaeda anytime soon. The Middle East has had this turmoil for centuries, and it seems that when one terror group disappears, there are many more waiting to take their place.

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