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The Pros And Cons Of ISIS

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During the year 2014, ISIS was created and ever since their creation they have caused terror like no other group on the planet. They had captured large areas of Iraq and Syria over the period of two years, captured many military grade weapons to increase their power, and recruits more people to join and help their “cause”. Their recruitment numbers have been increasing as well, due to their spreading influence “A 20-year-old Ohio man was arrested Monday on suspicion of trying to join ISIS, the Department of Justice said”(Yan 1). Also with this increase, they have also got their hands on weapons, such as heavy artillery guns/howitzers , mines, mortars, and etc,even using water as a weapon. What this has resulted in, is they can use this to their …show more content…

Critics have also argued that ISIS is a dying down, because the Iraqi military is now fighting them and reducing their strength as well. While in Syria, the Russians have sent their air force to unrelentingly bomb them, while government troops from the Syrian government move into eliminate the group. As the Russian air force had been deployed there has been progress, however the Russians have been accused of targeting civilians and civilian property, such as schools and hospitals. This is evident is Aleppo as hospital staff have claimed that Russian jets that have flown over hospitals have dropped their bomb loads on them, causing massive destruction and killing staff and patients alike “Between Thursday and Saturday, the regime or its Russian ally bombed four hospitals, rebel-held Aleppo’s only blood bank and a forensic pathology lab, nearly all in the Al Sha’ar neighborhood, one of the biggest and poorest parts of east Aleppo.”(Gutman 4). Many officials have said that civilian casualties have increased when the Russians had intervened in Syria, thus causing the population to flee and lose faith in the Russians as they continue bombing ISIS and other targets, such as the many Syrian rebel factions in the Civil War “Apart from the nine dead, eight missing and dozens injured, this strike (like several others) has left the local population without access to vital medical services. According to MSF, the local population of 40,000 people can now be added to the long list of civilians “without access to medical services in [the] active zone of conflict” that is Syria.”(Sacklen 5). Many Russian officials have also denied claims that their air force had bombed civilian centers and have claimed that they have only been targeting ISIS and other targets. Also in Iraq the military has made slow

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