The Times of London notes the increasing importance the al Qaeda-affiliated groups on Iraq are placing on establishing a militant Islamist state in the Sunni regions of Iraq.
In particular, al Qaeda's Islamic State of Iraq emphasizes an important theme, the conquest of specific territory in order to establish the beginnings of God's kingdom on earth.
The jihadists place a physical caliphate on earth. It is to be achieved in conjunction with the divinely-blessed spread of jihad across the globe.
The U.S. military faces insurgents with this conviction and the use of classic Al-Qaeda tactics.
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