Growing support for - and pledges of allegiance to - Islamic State by diverse Islamic terrorist groups world-wide are now creating horrific humanitarian problems for Christian communities in many countries -- some far removed from the Middle East.
Leaders of the Mujahed in Khorasan (10 former TTP commanders) [Pakistan] -- Jan. 10, 2015 -- Allegiance
Boko Haram [Nigeria] -- March 7, 2015 -- Allegiance
71 Chadian soldiers have reportedly been killed and 416 wounded in less than three months of fighting to crush Boko Haram. Chad has sent about 5,000 troops to fight alongside soldiers from Nigeria, Niger and Cameroon against Boko Haram whose Nigeria-based insurgency has increasingly spilled-over into neighbouring nations.
Some 13,000 Nigerians have been killed and 1.5 million have fled their homes since 2009.
Other Islamic terrorist groups can be expected to join their ranks.
President Obama's pledge to degrade and destroy Islamic State heading an international coalition of 62 like-minded nations - is looking increasingly ineffectual as Islamic State rapidly morphs into a global Gehenna.
President Obama declared on 23 September 2013:
"The United States will continue to work with the entire continent of Africa and around the world to make sure that we are dismantling these networks of destruction."
A Chapter VII Security Council Resolution is urgently required authorising the use of a UN military force to eradicate these "networks of destruction" that are now uniting into a ruthless killing machine dedicated to restoring the Islamic Caliphate.
Only an internationally-sanctioned force replacing Obama's coalition can stem the tide.
President Obama needs to get that Security Council Resolution rolling.
David Singer is an Australian Lawyer, a Foundation Member of the International Analyst Network and Convenor of Jordan is Palestine International—an organization calling for sovereignty of the West Bank and Gaza to be allocated between Israel and Jordan as the two successor States to the Mandate for Palestine. Previous articles written by him can be found at: jordanispalestine.blogspot.com