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Islamic State fight shows progress overseas but concerns rise at home

ASPEN – America is making progress overseas against Islamic State terrorists, but success at home lags as police and intelligence experts struggle to stop elusive lone-wolf attackers, leaders told a gathering Friday at the Aspen Security Forum here. Overseas, Islamic State leaders have lost territory and have seen a declining flow of volunteers to their ranks in the face of an allied air campaign that bolsters Iraqi troops and friendly forces in Syria. “I think we have much more traction than we did a year ago,” said Brett McGurk, the Obama administration’s special envoy to the coalition battling the Islamic State. But while the Islamic State is losing ground overseas, it has succeeded in Read more on Colorado Springs Gazette

 

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