The
false narrative crafted by the Trump administration and other western governments,
that the Islamic State was all but defeated was being rebutted by their own
intelligence agencies, since 2018. Even the CIA and other such agencies,
consistently refuted the narrative put forth, by their own governments that the
ISIS threat no longer existed. That narrative is increasingly ringing hollow, as yet another headline from the
corporate media shows, the following is the latest from one such outlet, The
Jerusalem Post.
‘Three years after ISIS appeared to be on its last legs in
Iraq and Syria it has seized a city in Mozambique. The city is called Mocimboa
da Praia and now there are fears it may have a foothold that is growing in the
country. This slow process of ISIS radicalization has taken place for a year or
more. However, it was largely dismissed as fear-mongering. Now the group has infiltrated,
and some are concerned that it may be on the cusp of a larger offensive. Much
like in the ISIS offensive in Iraq in the summer of 2014 the attacks in
southeast Africa have displaced hundreds of thousands. There are questions
about how the port city might be re-taken by security forces. The port
now affects the whole of Cabo Delgado province. This is in northern Mozambique.
The International Committee of the Red Cross has warned of a humanitarian
crisis that may grow. While some still argue that ISIS is not actually causing
or driving the war here, but it is instead just inequality and poverty, the
kinds of images from Mozambique look like the same Islamist insurgencies in
Nigeria or Somalia or other areas. While the international community is
distracted by COVID-19 and major powers like the US no longer play a role in
coordinating efforts like concentrating on these kinds of emergencies, ISIS can
thrive in the margins.’
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