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ISIS cannot be defeated because of its holy mission

This image posted online February 5, 2016 by supporters of the Tripoli Province of the Islamic State in Libya on a social media site, and vetted by SITE Intel Group shows fighters training at a camp in Libya. American warplanes struck multiple targets in Libya overnight, hitting what was apparently an Islamic State training camp and a senior extremist leader, a U.S. official said Friday, Feb. 19, 2016.
This image posted online February 5, 2016 by supporters of the Tripoli Province of the Islamic State in Libya on a social media site, and vetted by SITE Intel Group shows fighters training at a camp in Libya. American warplanes struck multiple targets in Libya overnight, hitting what was apparently an Islamic State training camp and a senior extremist leader, a U.S. official said Friday, Feb. 19, 2016. Uncredited AP

I believe that most citizens have not heard what the radical Muslim terrorist group ISIS's objective really is. Therefore, I will pass on to you what ISIS has stated that their goal is.

ISIS believes that its violent terrorist objective is to lead the world to the war of Armageddon by way of their jihad!

For that reason, I, as well as many others, believe that ISIS will not and cannot be defeated because they are on a holy mission.

Mike Horning

Bradenton

This story was originally published April 7, 2016 at 12:00 AM with the headline "ISIS cannot be defeated because of its holy mission ."

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