WASHINGTON: A US Army veteran who flew a black Islamic State flag on a truck that he rammed into New Year's revellers in New Orleans shows how the extremist group still retains the ability to inspire violence despite suffering years of losses to a US-led military coalition. At the height of its power from 2014-2017, the Islamic State "caliphate" imposed death and torture on communities in vast swathes of Iraq and Syria and enjoyed franchises across the Middle East. Its then-leader Abu Bakr al-

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