Pentagon Seeks to Knit Foreign Bases Into ISIS-Foiling Network

By Mark Mazzetti and Eric Schmitt (original source The New York Times)

“As American intelligence agencies grapple with the expansion of the Islamic State beyond its headquarters in Syria, the Pentagon has proposed a new plan to the White House to build up a string of military bases in Africa, Southwest Asia and the Middle East.

The bases could be used for collecting intelligence and carrying out strikes against the terrorist group’s far-flung affiliates.”

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