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Why Does Baghdad Let ISIS Keep Winning?

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Ramadi may have fallen to ISIS on Sunday, but the city has been under attack for over a year. Sectarian politics kept the government from defending it—and could empower ISIS further.

Jacob Siegel
Michael Pregent
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