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Warrick identifies a number of factors that assisted isis rise, including repressive arab regimes, conflict between sunni and shia muslims, and u. In this pullitzerprizewinning book, joby warrick traces the path from 911 to the current situation, focusing on the rise of the islamic state. Hempfield grad talks about his pulitzer prizewinning book, black flags. The black flags of this books title refer to the banners carried by the islamic state of iraq and syria the group of extremists sometimes called daesh, sometimes the islamic state of iraq and the levant, but most frequently referred to as isis.
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