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100			_913389 _aLewis Mcfate, Jessica
245			_aThe ISIS Defense in Iraq and Syria _h[Recurso electrónico] PDF _b: Countering an Adaptive Enemy
260			_bInstitute for the Study of War _cMarch 2015 _aWashington, DC
300			_aRecurso online, 46 p.
520			_aThe U.S.-led campaign to degrade ISIS in Iraq is experiencing early success. However, ISIS is the kind of adaptive and resilient enemy that is difficult to defeat outright. ISIS is an outgrowth of al-Qaeda in Iraq, an organization that survived the Surge and reconstituted fully despite grave military losses. ISIS has greater conventional capability than its predecessor demonstrated, but it is a hybridized force that will likely draw upon lower-profile tactics now that it is faced with a strong anti-ISIS coalition in Iraq. Hybridized warfare gives ISIS resilience and flexibility to adapt and evade defeat. ISIS’s strategy is to outlast its enemies by remaining in Iraq and Syria and expanding beyond those areas. The U.S.-led coalition will incur risk if it mistakes ISIS’s low-profile tactics as actual losses to its overall military capability.
610		0	_912870 _aEstado Islámico
650		0	_91136 _aGuerra
651		0	_91852 _aIrak
651		0	_91493 _aSiria
856	4		_uhttp://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/ISIS%20Defense%20in%20Iraq%20and%20Syria%20--%20Standard.pdf _qPDF
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