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How the Baath Party Influences the Islamic State

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Scott Stewart
VP of Tactical Analysis, Stratfor

Aug 13, 2015 | 08:00 GMT

A deck of the "52 most-wanted Iraqi" playing cards from Operation Iraqi Freedom on display in October 2014 at the Pentagon showing high-level members of the Baath Party.

A deck of the "52 most-wanted Iraqi" playing cards from Operation Iraqi Freedom on display in October 2014 at the Pentagon showing high-level members of the Baath Party.

(PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)

Are Baathists hiding behind the Islamic State, or were they Islamists pretending to be Baathists in the first place?...

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