The Islamic State Of Iraq And The Levant

Recently a military group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has been causing controversy between the group and the United States. However, what many might not know is that ISIS has been around for more than a decade. When the United States sent troops in to overthrow Hussein’s government in 2003, it started a tension that would have never been expected. ISIS has conquered many places and gained much land. ISIS is believed to have contributors from the 9/11 attack (infobaselearning.com) and they have been known to go to the extreme to enforce their law. From the beheading of Christians, to the cruel treatment of women, the punishment is very brutal.

In this essay I will prove why America must intervene and eliminate ISIS because ISIS is inhumane. ISIS consistently and systematically defies international law. ISIS controls governmental operations and oil land in iraq. Imagine a group of men walking into a concert and firing upon everyone in their sight for no apparent reason. ISIS has spread like a wildfire all over the world, doing whatever it takes for them to prove that they can't be stopped. In this essay it will be explained why ISIS needs to be eliminated and taken control of. Three key points will be talked about and discussed.

Today, one of the biggest issues facing the United States as well as the rest of the world is the Sunni-militant group which goes by the name of “ISIS,” or the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. It has been the topic for major discussion for the past three years, with many leaders of major countries and nations trying to figure out how to defeat them. ISIS is a powerful force and has been for several years and many countries including the United States are trying to figure out how to stop them.

(intro)September 11, 2001 is the defining moment in the annals of terrorism. Today, after the large ground wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the war on terror, US is stronger and better positioned to safeguard and support its interests against the risks of an insecure world. However, he still continues to face new dynamic challenges. I argue that the most pressing national security challenge facing the United States in the next 5-10 years is the violent extremism and terrorism derived from ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) group. MP1.ISIS is posing a persistent threat to our security and terrorist attacks within the US Homeland, but also against US citizens abroad and our Allies raise a grave danger. MP2Moreover, ISIS radical ideology undermines all the democracy values by which we live; the respect for human rights, the freedom of speech and religion. MP3 The two main factors that influenced my interpretation of ISIS challenge are the potential risk that ISIS could attain and use weapons of mass destruction, and MP4 its capability to recruit, radicalize and motivate, especially young people, to terrorist acts. MP5 US should continue to lead the fight with our Allies and partners to dismantle ISIS terrorist organization and its violent extremism ideology.

And yet it’s true that ISIS is not exactly what we’ve become accustomed to seeing in the Middle East of late. “This is not a classic insurgency,” says Itani, “or a non-state actor. Rather, it’s a state-building organization.” ISIS’s effort right now is to secure borders and lines of communication. Comparing ISIS’s project with al Qaeda’s, Itani notes that bin Laden’s logic was to draw the United States into conflict with the Muslim world in the hope of making the people so disgusted with their regimes that al Qaeda could take over. ISIS is different: It aims to take territory, hold it, and build a state. That is, at a moment when much of the rest of the Middle East is moving toward chaos, the Islamic State is consolidating, and beginning to

Countering the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has been a major struggle for all forces that oppose them for many reasons. There is an instability of the Syrian and Iraqi governments which has made local attempts to counter ISIS difficult, ISIS is self-sufficient with their funding capabilities (through extortion and oil sales, primarily), the social acceptance of ISIS in some areas make it difficult to appeal to locals to fight back, and ISIS has had the ability to conduct psychological warfare against societies, with an end result of acceptance or death. These key factors show just how complicated countering ISIS is; “There is no military solution [to Islamic State [IS)], only possibly some short-term tactical gains that might give

Before analyzing the savagery of the Islamic State, it is imperative to distinguish their beliefs from those of practical Muslims. ISIS is a Sunni jihadist (extremist) group-their ideology is reminiscent of the old-school views of the Muslim Brotherhood, and many of their principles are the same embraced by Al-Qaeda. In adopting extreme anti-Western interpretations of Islam, its adherents promote religious violence to oust “infidels” or “apostates” who threaten ‘their’ faith. Although these “disciples” are technically Sunnis, they have been classified as Kharijites-Muslims who have deviated from mainstream Islam, by the United States. (U.S. Senate) These “Kharijites” want to install a Salafist (authentic)-oriented Islamic state in Syria,

After gaining operational experience and skills fighting in Syria, jihadist operatives may establish terrorist infrastructures to carry out terrorist attacks in their countries of origin. For al-Nusra this becomes a goal to spread the teachings of Islam to the rest of the world. They may do so on their own initiative or following directions from the Al-Nusra Front and other jihadist organizations. While the threat from the Nusra Front has been overshadowed by the atrocities committed by the other extremist groups like ISIS and ISIL and the rapid gains made by that organization in both Syria and Iraq, we ignore the growing strength of the lower-key al-Nusra Front to our own peril. To combat this now known threat it needs not to be done in the traditional way of airstrikes and kidnapping leaders but by establishing a political solution. To get to this level Syria may have to be divided to give control to the Free Syrian Army (FSA) this however would require time as it is a long process to establish. If The United States abandons Syria to become a failed state the violence will soon have its spillover effect on the region and the entire world. Nusra has become a critical, if not the most critical, component of the armed opposition and is interlinked and co-located with rebels who have received U.S. and allied support. Further, Nusra continues to benefit indirectly from U.S. support for other rebel groups. Consequently as long as al-Nusra stands to oppose a diplomatic solution and remands a current threat to freedom it stands then as a threat to the United States and its allies. This treat influences potential attackers to come to the US and perform a Jihadist movement. The question however for the United States is how do we strategically justify a war on al-Nusra Front’s campaign and still take down the al-Assad

Whether one refers to the Terrorist organization as Islamic State(IS), Islamic State of Iraq and Syria(ISIS), Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant(ISIL). Terror is the main goal of this organization and inflicting fear and anquish has been the priority and objective since the birth of this group. Religous believes and political motives drives this group to bring pain and suffering not just to the United States, this pain knows no boundaries and reaches all depths and borders around the entire globe. Departments and Agencies dealing in Homeland Security have dealt with this issue since the inception of ISIS, proper channels have been developed to stopping and aiding in the submission of ISIS. However, stopping a terrorist organization

Many years ago ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) didn’t exist while the U.S was stationed in the country but that has drastically changed. Now ISIS is one of if not the most dominate transnational terrorist organizations in the Middle East coupled with sophisticated command, control, and logistical capabilities. But how did this come to be?

Terrorism, what is it and is this a new phenomenon? No, terrorism is not a new 21st century issue. Terrorism actually dates back to biblical times and has haunted nations and their citizens much like it has here in the United States of America. The history of terrorism is as old as humans ' willingness to use violence to affect politics. The Sicarii were a first century Jewish group who murdered enemies and collaborators in their campaign to oust their Roman rulers from Judea. The 21st Century is being riddled with terrorist attack after terrorist attack. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has proven to be a very successful foreign terrorist organization that has wreaked havoc across the

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has made headlines throughout the globe this past year with their atrocities against religious minorities and determination to create an Islamic caliphate. They have expressed, throughout, that their primary objective is to establish a Salafist government over the Levant region of Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Cyprus, and Southern Turkey(……). The group controls hundreds of square miles, where they disregard all international borders and has a amassed land from Syria’s Mediterranean coast all the way to the south of Baghdad. Their group leader is Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi who is recognized as caliph and the leader of Muslims everywhere. With their unpredictable authority that has included beheadings, massacres of prisoners, and attempts to exterminate Christian communities have spurred international outrage where Anti-coalition has begun with up to 62 nations joining the fight to stop this terror organization. Canada has joined the coalition, and it should indeed, because ISIS has declared war against Canada, war is the only practical way to stop ISIS from amassing new territories, and ISIS is committing war crimes against innocent civilians.

Utter the word “Muslim” and immediately bodies stiffen, lips curve downwards, brows furrow, and the word “terrorist” comes to mind for many Americans. Since the tragedy of 9/11 thirteen years ago, Americans have generally become even more fearful of Muslims, and after wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the public opinion of Muslims tends to be more negative. A poll by the Arab American Institute in 2014 reveals that only 27% of Americans feel favorably toward Islam –a dramatic drop from the 47% registered in an ABC poll a month after 9/11 in 2001 (Obeidallah “13 Years”). This sharp decline at best shows a growing distrust of, and at worst, a deepening prejudice toward Islam. Negativity toward Islam spawns from a fear in many people who consider

The world is at war. You ask with who? Terrorism, to be more specific though they are called The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). They have a few other names as well, The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Daesh. I will choose to call them Daesh in this piece because these terrorists find it insulting. The reason for this is that Daesh an acronym for ISIS in Arabic. This acronym though sounds exactly like the Arabic word dais, which means something that crushes or tramples. “In recent months many Arabs and Western leaders, including Secretary of State John Kerry, prefer to call it Daesh, the Arabic acronym for the Islamic State. But Islamic State members hate the term because in Arabic, the pronunciation is close to a word that can be variously translated as "to crush" or "bigot who imposes his will on others" (Reid, 2). Daesh do not want this title and have threatened to cut out the tongues of people who use it. Daesh are a product of instability in the Syrian and Iraq region plus a Syrian civil war. Unfortunately, America is greatly at fault for the instability in Iraq and helped fund the Syrian rebels, so you could say the U.S. helped create them. Daesh’s goal is to start a religious war. They want the world to fear Islam and want them to hate it. They showed us exactly what they were capable of in Paris France. The world needs to realize that this is just a

In recent years, ISIS has been breaking out everywhere instilling fear into people all around the world. In recent events, they attacked Brussels, Istanbul and Paris killing a large amount of people. The major thing that we have to remember is to not fear the Islamic State. They only way we can defeat them is if we show no fear of them. Is it said to believe that many people like the Iraqi government’s discriminatory policies against Sunnis, Bashar al-Assad’s suppression of secular Syrian protesters, President Bush’s invasion of Iraq and the US War on Terror, President Obama’s lack of leadership and the early US withdrawal from Iraq, the Iran-Arab rivalry in the region, and even the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are the reason that the Islamic State has risen against the rest of the world. All of the groups listed above could be the cause of all this, but researchers have not effectively found the main cause for all of this. In the next pages of this research, I’m going to look further into the cause of ISIS, researching different contributing factors and actors involved in all of this.