Can Islamic State Be Stopped?

The Inquiry

BBC

News Commentary, News

4.6 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2014

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

The sudden rise of Islamic State in June shocked the world. It now controls a swathe of the desert in Syria and Iraq and has declared a caliphate. Iraq’s second city, Mosul, has fallen to the militants and they are menacing the capital, Baghdad. Western powers and their Gulf Arab allies have responded with war planes and bombs. The American general in charge of the campaign says it is buying time for the Iraqi Army to regroup and counter attack. But what would a long-term plan to defeat Islamic State look like? The Inquiry’s panel of experts have some thought-provoking ideas.

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0:45.0	BBC World Service, this is Helena Merriman with the inquiry.
0:49.0	The program that searches for answers to some of the world's most urgent questions.
0:55.0	This week, with Islamic State militants on the outskirts of Baghdad,
1:01.0	we ask, can Islamic State be defeated in Iraq.
1:07.5	In the early hours of Monday the 6th of June, a fleet of pickup trucks sped across the desert towards Iraq's second largest city,
1:15.3	Mosul. The trucks were packed with Islamist militants.
1:19.3	They shot their way through checkpoints and entered the city.
1:28.0	Sleeper cells hiding in the city sprang into action, seizing vehicles and weapons.
1:34.3	The Iraqi army fought back, but not for long. The karate army fought back, but not for long. The commanders were the first to flee, this soldier said.
1:47.8	The city will definitely fall.
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