Terror groups cannot be extirpated unless the world’s leaders tackle jihadi pheno-menon in all its forms. The Islamic State (IS) attacks on Paris that killed 129 people have forced the sharply divided world leaders to agree on a plan to halt the war in Syria. The Paris events have compelled consensus on countering the IS, al-Qaeda’s Jabhat al-Nusra and other jihadi factions because Paris is an iconic Western city - not West Asia’s Beirut, Ankara, or Sinai, also victims of recent IS terrorist attacks. Lebanese complain that the death of 45 in Beirut on the night before the Paris attacks does not count as much as fatalities in Paris. In twin IS suicide bombings, 102 Turks...
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