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    FRONTLINE
            The Rise of ISIS
                
                    
                        
                            Season 2014
                        
                    
                    
                        
                            Episode 16
                        
                    
                
            
            
            FRONTLINE investigates the miscalculations and mistakes behind the brutal rise of ISIS. Correspondent Martin Smith, who made "Truth, War & Consequences," "Beyond Baghdad," "Private Warriors" and "Gangs of Iraq," reports from Iraq on how the country began coming undone after the American withdrawal and what it means for the U.S. to be fighting there again.
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