[mojito]

Detailed, interactive maps and analysis at the link.

Very interesting and well done.

And I don't say that about the Slimes very often.

The military situation on the ground has changed somewhat since this was created back in July, but it remains essential background.

[Jim Robinson]

How ISIS Came to Control Large Portions of Syria and Iraq? in a word: Obama.

[P.O.E.]

Informative, thanks.

[Cry if I Wanna]

Thanks for posting. This is a very informative piece. Something tells me that this part of the world is about to blow up in ways nobody had predicted, including our CIA.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

And the wise men of Pharoah said to him, “This is the finger of God.” When people turn their backs on God, he can raise up a nation from a grain of sand and stomp them. Hide and watch, wait and see.

[what's up]

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[mojito]

Here is a link to updated maps and other materials:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/06/12/world/middleeast/the-iraq-isis-conflict-in-maps-photos-and-video.html

[jocon307]

“And I don’t say that about the Slimes very often.”

I’ll read it when I’m more alert. Their maps can be great though. I remember one they had for elections, you could zoom in on the states and get all kinds of details about who ran and how they did.

It was really excellent, I remember thinking: there’s pretty much no way this could be improved upon.

[AZLiberty]

Al Qaeda ... severed ties to ISIS in February and has condemned its tactics.

ISIS must be pretty bad to be unfriended by Al Qaeda.

[AZLiberty]

What, Barack worry? it’s nothing like the Germans taking over the Sudetenland and Poland back in the irrelevant last century.

[Verginius Rufus]

A Rogue State Along Two Rivers...

When I started to read the title, I thought it was going to be about Iowa.

[BobL]

“Very interesting and well done.”

Agree...and yes, it does feel weird to be saying that about the Times.