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Syria 90 - Day Strategic Forecast: Jabhat Al - Nusra (JN)
Sep 22, 2015 - Jennifer Cafarella
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Grand strategic objectives:
- Establish an Islamic Emirate in Syria that is a future component of the envisioned al-Qaeda Caliphate
- Unify the global jihadist movement
Strategic objectives:
- Destroy the Assad regime
- Transform Syrian society from secular nationalism to an Islamic theocracy
- Establish locally-accepted governance as a precursor to an eventual Islamic Emirate
- Build an army to protect the Islamic Emirate by partnering with Syrian rebel groups
- Resolve the fitna, or schism, with ISIS
- Counter U.S. influence in Syria