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Baghdadi Is Dead. The War on Terror Will Create Another.

ENDLESS NAMELESS

A U.S. raid doomed the leader of the so-called Islamic State. But there will be another Baghdadi, and another ISIS, as long as the Forever War keeps going.

Spencer Ackerman
Spencer Ackerman 

Contributing Editor

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