Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

Welcome to the era of ISIS – and pop-up terror

Al-Qa'eda in Iraq faded away. ISIS may well do too. But don't you dare say 'mission accomplished'...

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[/audioplayer]Jihadist banners flying. Victorious extremists on camera slapping and then executing dehydrated and pleading Shia members of the Iraqi security forces. Dark reports of mass slaughter. City charters released in captured territory heralding the implementation of an extreme version of Islamic law.

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