Abu Musab al-Zarqawi

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, ISIS, also known as Islamic State in Iran and the Levant, ISIL, is a terror group formed by the remaining members of al Qadea (AQI) after their down fall. ISIS aims to create a caliphate in Iraq and Syria, and expand globally. Their methods to do so are by any means of spreading terror to innocent people by mass shootings, beheadings, and explosions. ISIS although a political driven terror group, claims to found their practice and ideology from Islam one of the

necessary. The splitting of al-Qaeda from ISIS was the beginning of ISIS becoming a pragmatic threat to Iran, and the rest of the world. The establishment of AQI (al-Qaeda In Iraq) in mid-2004 by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was the start of what is now known as ISIS2. In 2006, when al-Zarqawi was killed by the US militia, the new leader of AQI announced the creation of ISI (Islamic State in Iraq). In 2013, the leader of ISI, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, subsumed a militant group by the name of al-Nusra Front; thus creating

Basic Overview Al-Qaeda, or “the Base” in Arabic, is an arrangement of extremists initially organized by Osama Bin Laden. Al-Qaeda originated throughout the uprising against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. Thousands of volunteers from around the Middle East came to Afghanistan as mujahideen, warriors fighting to defend fellow Muslims. Bin Laden returned to his native Saudi Arabia after the Soviets withdrew from Afghanistan and founded an organization to help veterans of the Afghan war, thus

The Nature of the Conflict: The Iraq War (2003-2010) by Barry J. DeLisle NIU Class 2017 Unclassified - submitted to the faculty of the National Intelligence University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for MCR 615. May 22, 2016 Word Count: 2364 The views expressed in this paper are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Department of Defense, the U.S. Navy Reserve, or the U.S. Government   The Nature of the Conflict: The Iraq War

around the globe. Why is this phenomenon occurring and what are the best options available for the operational artist to counter it where it occurs? This paper examines the global jihadist threat as currently manifesting itself through groups such as Al Qaeda and Islamic State of Iraq and Syria/Levant (ISIS/ISIL). There are several arguments furthered by this paper building on the works of other scholars and analysts. Primarily that the current jihadists threat is actually a global revolutionary movement

article entitled Purpose of Iraq war murky to Americans, wrote: “The plan was to invade Iraq and capture Saddam Hussein so he couldn't use his weapons of mass destruction on any other nation. The United States also wanted to sever Hussein's ties to Al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden. Then, we were to get our troops back home as soon as possible.” However, five years into the war, it can clearly be seen that the government’s initial goal was to get oil from Iraq, but used Saddam as an excuse to engage in

ISIS (Islamic state of Iraq and Levant) is an extremely well-known terrorist organization that is currently led by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. ISIS is an organization that was founded in 1999, although since then has adopted many new names. In fact, it’s original name was ISI, and ISIS is just it’s most recent. It is estimated that there are about 17,000 members of the group, approximately one hundred of them being Americans (“An Overview of ISIS”). ISIS’s main mission is to create an Islamic state, or

is a long story that dates back decades before the group even existed. It started out as a radical, Islamic terrorist group by the name of al-Qaeda in Iraq which was created by a criminal known as Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. However, al-Qaeda in Iraq soon grew more powerful over the years, eventually becoming the Islamic State of Iraq. This group, led by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, would soon become the atrocity

mass murderers, kidnapping innocent civilians, and tortured members of religious background, executions. ISIS operations. Abu- Bakr al Baghdadi leader of the militant activist group and Abu-Musab al Zarqawi and founder both transformed ISIS into a worldwide terror activist group. Abu-Bakr al Baghadi leader of ISIS is known to be a lawless and suicidal killing activist . Zarqawi a twisted mastermind known to bomb hundreds of people in Syria and Iraq. Both of them sending messages to the world in violence

Al-Zarqawi and The Rise of ISIS We first publicly hear about ISIS in 2014 when it overran the city of Mosul, Iraq and quickly moved south towards Baghdad. This marked the birth of the Islamic State on June 28, 2014 which was the first day of Ramadan, under the control of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. It seemed at the time that this group had just showed up as America withdrew all of its troops, quickly took over cities in Iraq and Syria and were well armed and financed. Where did this group come from