using those joining the ranks, and the group s withdrawal marked first significant loss of territory, and with the forces depleted in the foreign troops, the defector said leadership had to rethink how to best make use of the loyalists from outside iraq and syria. they are now asking people to, quote, stay in their countries and fight there, kill citizens, blow up buildings, whatever they can do. just the last few weeks, we ve seen that plan in action. not just friday s attack in paris, but double suicide bombings climbed by isis killing dozens last week, devastating on a pro-kurdish rally last month, in which turkish officials linked to isis, and downing of a plane in egypt evidence suggests caused by a bomb planded ted by isis. we have author of the isis apocalyp apocalypse, and, will, the book is excellent. i learned a lot from it.