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The Hunt: Major terror groups seek merger

In the past week al-Qaida and the Taliban have each released new audio and video messages. A key theme that’s emerged is unity.

Patrick Skinner, a former CIA case officer who is now director of special projects for the Soufan Group, speaks with WTOP national security correspondent J.J. Green.

Exclusive: ISIS ‘genie is out of the bottle,’ says NCTC chief

WASHINGTON — If the momentum of a U.S.-led coalition is any indicator, the black flag of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) may be completely eradicated from Syria and Iraq in a matter of months. But the head of the National Counterterrorism Center warns that the black cloud of ISIS terrorism will not dissipate the day after the caliphate falls.
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