Abu Musab al-Zarqawi

There, he was educated at the French-Arab al-Hurriyet school and continued on to medical school, specializing in ophthalmology ("Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria"). After graduated the Tishrin Military Hospital in 1992, he moved to the United Kingdom to further his medical education, he was there when his elder brother, Bassel, died. On

elected and very young Hafiz al-Assad was jolted into maturity. Syria tried to take the region back in the

many attacks in France, little change has occurred in the deterrence of future attacks, the Islamic State promulgating these attacks is best understood as a terrorist organization based on radical Islamic views because of its ties to Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden and Zarqawi. According to BBC News there have been over 16 attacks in France since 2012 and 31 terror attacks over all against the West to an article by Brooke Singman from Fox News World. While France is a western democracy it is also a “bearer

or harbored [those who did].” (www.acslaw.org) Al Qaeda was identified as the terrorist group that was responsible for the attack and thus was targeted by the United States Military for the next fourteen years. The AUMF has been referred to as the global war on terror, but that would be an untrue nickname, as the AUMF only authorizes force against those responsible for the September 11th attacks. Osama Bin Laden was identified as the leader of Al Qaeda and subsequently was killed in a raid in Abbottabad

formed in April 2003 but was established in 2006, growing out of al- Qaeda in Iraq. It has since been abjured by al- Qaeda. Isis has a treasury of 2 billion making it the richest terrorist organization also it has become one of the main jihadist groups fighting government forces in Syria and Iraq because of it vast amount of fighters estimated from 7,000-12,000 with 3,000-5,000 being foreign fighters. The leader of ISIS is Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Not many people know about but it is believed that he

ISIS, or Daesh, is an Islamic terrorist organization that spawned from a marriage between disgruntled rebels in Syria and Iraq, and a splinter group from the weakened terrorist group, Al Qaeda. Formerly known as AQI or (Al Qaeda in Iraq), ISIS went through multiple stages of development before becoming what it is today. In this paper, I will be exploring only two of the many causes of ISIS' rise: The Arab spring's effect of paving the way for ISIS, and the convoluted US politics that allowed, and

and tactics of ISIL and al-Qaeda. Islamist group is known to be having the highest degree of terrorist attack, especially among the Sunni orientated groups. Islamic terrorism is described as the post-cold war phenomena, particularly after the 911 attack, there is on average an attack every day around the world. Introduction ISIL Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which controls territory mainly in Iraq and Syria, was formed in April 2013, it was grown out of al Qaeda. The main ideology

recognition. Islamic state is a Sunni Militant group, which has gained territory in Western Iraq, eastern Syria and Libya, in aim of establishing a caliphate. Its origins date back to 2004, in which Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, previous to moving to Iraq in 2003 to fight the American and British invasion, detached from Al-Quadia and renamed to ISIS. It grew for 8 years until beginning the caliphate. It is certainly possible to argue that IS does constitute a state in many ways. When being assessed against the qualities

(Humphreys). Conflicts between the two sects also stem back to the Taliban and al-Qaeda, which are also a part of a Sunni sect called Wahhabi. The Wahhabis destroyed Shiite shrines and publically denounced the Shiites for worshipping idols. In 2004, a Kuwaiti sheikh, Hamed al-Ali, condemned Shia as “the world’s biggest display of heathens and idolatry,” while the former leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al Zarqawi, once said that “the Shiites are a more pernicious enemy than the Americans, and

He pledged his allegiance to Osama Bin Laden, and formed a group called “Al Qaeda”. Eventually, Al Qaeda became a extremely strong force in ISIS’s uprising. When Zarqawi died in 2006, they created another branch of ISIS called Islamic State in Iraq (ISI). Ultimately, ISI was weakened by US troops and by an organisation who disliked their brutal behavior. US Director for