(Daily Beast) Eli Lake - American defense and intelligence officials say the CIA and the Pentagon are not certain who exactly makes up the forces that have taken so much of Iraq. They believe some of the people fighting with ISIS are former U.S. allies who could be turned against the hard-core fanatics - if they can be identified. Complicating the task is that ISIS has taken refuge in urban areas, making striking them without striking civilians near to impossible, said Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), a senior member of the House Intelligence Committee.
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