The Khorasan Group : World Over Thinking Of Security Measures

Since the terrorist attacks on 9/11, America has been on edge about the topic of terrorism. Groups like Al-Qaeda, Hamas, Taliban, and now more recently, ISIS, has kept the world cautious of their every next move. Looking more closely into how these groups are formed and operate could help us better understand how they can be stopped. Studying the history of terrorist organizations can help us better predict the future of terrorist organizations.

One of the most radical religious groups in the world today are known as the Taliban. The Taliban is a “fundamentalist Muslim group that controlled much of Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001” (Maley NP). The Taliban took power after the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan. When the Soviet Union left Afghanistan, the Taliban rose to power and took much control of the country. The Taliban leader is Mullah Mohammad Omar. The Taliban in Afghanistan are an Islāmic group, that uses harsh rules against Afghanistan’s women and helped attacked the United States.

Islamic States of Iraq and Sham ISIS, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, al Qaeda in Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Islamic State, Da’ish is an active group formed c. 2014. ISIS is a terrorist group that sole purpose is pushing their beliefs on others and if their religion isn’t accepted in the appropriate way (how they expected) they then result to violence. Da’ish is the official name of the terrorist group known as ISIS, dramatically arrived and shocked many people in the West. The horrifying and violent events that have occurred since the appearance if ISIS struck fear into the hearts of people all across the world. Even though fear is an extreme emotion, the hatred that came with it is even stronger and is more Ernest.

The leader of this group was called Osama bin laden.Suprisingly enough it took usa 10 years to finally catch him after the 9\11 attacks. He was then sentenced to death and killed.

This case shows the relevance to the history of terrorism in the US by shedding light on just how well organized homegrown terrorism can be. This type of terrorism is harder to detect due to extremist having grown up or having been well assimilated here in the US. They are very familiar with the customs, language, and blend in easily all while staying under law enforcement radar.

The terrorist group is widely known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Recently many political leaders have been attempting to change the terminology by calling the organization Daesh the Arabic equivalent of the English acronym ISIS. The use of acronyms in Arabic are rare

In the post Osama bin Laden era al-Qaedist ideology is flourishing across the Arab world. A significant development has been the rise of al-Qaeda offshoots in the Middle East. The Abdallah Azzam Brigades franchise has increasingly become a noteworthy actor in terrorism. On May 8th, 2012 Thomas Nides, Deputy Secretary of State designated Abdallah Azzam Brigades as a foreign terrorist organization (Nides, T.R. , 2012). Abdullah Azzam Brigades may have only recently been added as a foreign terrorist group; nevertheless the organization has deep roots, lethal capacity, and is capable of contributing to supplementary instability in the Middle East.

The actions of this group highlight how far terroristic groups are willing to go to achieve their goals. It is estimated that hundreds of thousands of dollars was lost in sales and insurance claims with

They are sneaking across borders and into different countries to do whatever they can to take the lives of many, and anything worth making headlines to get their message across to the world. "We have heard how they lock the people of entire villages inside their houses and burn them to the ground and how they slaughter men like goats, splitting them open and leaving their blood to soak in the ground" (Staples 12). These terrible people are doing horrible things to these innocent civilians, by taking over their villages and the lives of those who lived there. The survivors are left on their own and to fight for themselves. The way the Taliban had taken away Najmah’s family was that they had bombed her home, but Najmah was luckily able to escape. “My mother lies on the ground nearby with her legs splayed at odd angles to the rest of her. She reaches her hand toward me, and opens her lips to speak. Instead of speaking words, blood pours from her mouth” (Staples 67). Imagine having to see your mother like this with what you had just witnessed on top of it. “By the time I reach her she stares with glassy, dead eyes. Habib lies motionless a few feet behind her, facedown in the dirt, his little arms flung out to his sides in the way he throws them wide when he lies naked on the cot swimming for joy in the fresh air” (Staples 67). By this

There are several terrorist groups throughout the world today. All the terrorist groups have one common goal and that is to rid the world of Americans and western influence from the Muslim world. There is one organization that has ties to most of all the terrorist groups in the world and is the most infamous group in the world today and that is the group called Al-Qaeda The word Al-Qaeda means “the base” in Muslim. As an international terrorist organization led by Osama bin Laden. The group seeks to rid Muslim countries of western influence and replace them with fundamentalist Islamic regimes. Al-Qaeda grew out of the of the ashes of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1988, after it helped expel the Soviet

Hezbollah, a radical Shi’a Muslim group located in southern Lebanon was formed with the purpose of liberating Jerusalem through establishing an Islamic government across the Arab world as well as the group does not acknowledge the authority of the State of Israel. There are many names that Hezbollah has been referred to such as Party of God, Organization by the Oppressed of Earth, and the Revolutionary Justice Organization. The United States State Department labeled Hezbollah a foreign terrorist organization.

This group was created in 1978 and continues to expand its power today. It began as a branch of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood. This terrorist group has several goals ranging from creating a Islamic state to continuing the armed struggle against Israeli occupation of Palestine territories. Their acts of

The Arabic word qaeda means "headquarters" or "process." Modern Islamic rebels understand the term as a method. In 1987, Abdullah Azzam, the leading visionary for contemporary Sunni Muslim fundamental activists, called for al-qaeda al-sulbah (a precursor of

The Khorasan Group. A deadly subsection of al-Qaeda comprised of an alleged group of senior Al-Qaeda members operating in Syria. The small group is filled with combatants on many, if not all of the terrorist watch lists. While the group has been officially labeled diminished since the death of two leaders in drone strikes, the mere existence of such a group posed an interesting threat to our homeland. Officially, the Khorasan group had been denounced. Even though al-Nursra leader Abu Mohammed al-Golani denied the existence of the group, the sheer mention of splinter factions in Syria was enough to warrant diverting resources. Ayman al Zawahiri ordered a number of al-Qaeda operatives from around the globe to move to Syria in 2013 and 2014. (Lund, 2014) These terrorists, including Fadhli, formed the Khorasan Group, which was instructed to explore different ways to launch mass-casualty attacks in the West. The Khorasan Group is not a separate entity, but instead deeply embedded with the Nusra Front. The thought of such a group existing, brings fear to the definition of effective terrorism. The Khorasan group is a deadly threat whether or not they truly exist.

With media attention and international concern the groups of terrorists have many names in which they go by. For example, they are known as ISIL, ISIS, The Islamic State or Da’esh to many people all around the world. What do these names represent? According to the International Business times the name ISIS comes from the group's invasion of Syria. ISIS stands for the "Islamic State in Iraq and Syria," or "Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (Ross, 2014) the name ISIS comes from an invasion in which the group took control of a lot of territory in Syria. Another name is ISIL. According to Philip Ross, this term is preferred by the Obama administration or the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The Levant is a historical term for the region around