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Is the rise of ISIS World War I’s next phase?

By Austin Bay
Published June 25, 2014 2:56pm ET
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Is the rise of ISIS World War I’s next phase?
Gravestones for fallen German soldiers of both World Wars standing at the cemetery in Dortmund, Germany, Monday, April 28, 2014. The First World War began on July 1914 and lasted until November 1918. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) | Martin Meissner

On June 28, 1914, Serbian ultra-nationalist Gavril Princip assassinated Austro-Hungarian Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Police quickly arrested Princip and the rest of a ragtag band of Serb terrorists who had come to the Balkan city to provoke hate and create chaos.

Terrorist is an accurate description — and one with dangerous resonance for June 2014.

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