"Meeting for a symposium in Paris, entitled "Threats and challenges after the fall of the caliphate", organized by the Center for Terrorism Analysis and Counter Terrorism Project, they all expressed their pessimism. Gilles de Kerchove said that during a recent stay in the Anbar province in Iraq, populated mainly by Sunni tribes, he had received the grievances of tribal leaders who had complained of being 'neglected by Baghdad'. 'We are not good at anticipating what will happen,' said the European coordinator. 'The IS was made up of a mix of crazy jihadists and former officers of Saddam Hussein's army, with the support of the Sunni tribes. The problem is that the same thing is happening now.'"