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On the recordSeptember 17, 2014
Left to fester, ISIS terrorists would rule the cradle of civilization with a brand of barbarism out of history's darkest chapters.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

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Engel warns about the dangers of ISIS expanding its control.

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