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-	"[[29 June]] [[2014]]: [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|ISIL]] announced the establishment of a new [[caliphate]]. [[Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi]] was appointed its [[caliph]], and the group formally changed its name to the "[[Islamic State]]"." --Sholem Stein	+
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-	"“Right now, we’re on the side of [[al-Sham]],” or Syria, [[Abu Safiyya]] says, surveying the landscape. “As you can see, this is the so-called border of Sykes-Picot. … We do not recognize it and we will never recognize it.” What isis recognizes instead is a single, borderless expanse comprising most of the Middle Eastern territories formerly ruled by the Ottoman Empire, for a start. With the self-appointment of the group’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, as the new caliph of the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims, one can see how [[Line in the sand (phrase)|a line drawn in the sand ]]of the Syrian desert might not hold very much significance to him."[https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/iraq-syria-poetic-imagination]	+
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-	''[[The End of Sykes-Picot]]'' (2014) is a promotional video by the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]]-affiliated [[Al-Hayat]]. It was released on June 29, 2014.	+
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-	Its Islamic counterpart is titled ''Kaser al-Hudud'' (English: the breaking of the borders).	+
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-	In this video, [[Abu Safiyya]] presents to the viewer a [[border checkpoint]] along the [[Sykes Picot line]] somewhere in [[Iraq]]. The [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] (ISIL) jihadist claims that one of the goals of its [[Northern Iraq offensive (June 2014)|insurgency]] was to reverse the effects of the [[Sykes–Picot Agreement]]. "This is not the first border we will break, we will break other borders," says Safiyya:	+
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-	:"They lost in Iraq, they lost in Afghanistan, they're going to lose in Syria, inshallah, when they come."	+
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-	Abu Safiyya interviews another jihadist sitting in a car who says:	+
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-	:"A question for [[Obama]]: after he sent troops to Baghdad: did he prepare enough [[diaper]]s for your soldiers?"	+
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-	The video is set to the [[nasheed]] "[[My Ummah, Dawn Has Appeared]]" by [[Yaser Abu Isma'il]]	+
-	==See also==	+
-	*[[Line in the sand (phrase)]]	+
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