It began with a feverish report in November from a little-known media outlet in the Persian Gulf. "Security forces have busted and dismantled a multi-national cell for the so-called Islamic State," trumpeted the Kuwait News Agency. "The vigilance of security agencies," it said, had dealt "a major blow to terrorist elements" amid a "crackdown on extremists in the state."
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In this photo taken on Nov. 26, 2015, weapons and ISIS flags recovered from members of a criminal gang who pledged allegiance to ISIS are displayed in Palimbang town, Sultan Kudarat province, on the southern island of Mindanao.
