Abu Musab al-Zarqawi

as al Qaeda in Iraq, before been renamed as ISIS after 2 years. They were ally with Osama bin Laden’s al Qaeda: both were important anti-Western militant organizations dedicated to stablish an independent Islamic state in the region. According to my source, ISIS initiation began in the Second Gulf War in 2003, when United States, along with a small group of other nations, invaded Iraq and knock

founded on similar religious principles and some on similar government styles. Many major countries are on opposing sides of the Syrian conflict, with “the conflict in Syria [drawing] in major global powers, supporting and opposing President Bashar al-Assad and the myriad rebel groups ranged against him.” This shows the somewhat proxy war that is this civil war, with nations such as the US and Russia on opposing sides. The war has dissolved into a way for the powerful countries to be allies on the

The main goal of the war in the beginning was to kill Osama bin Laden, the leader of the terrorist organization al-Qaeda that was supposedly responsible for the September 11 attacks. When this task was finally accomplished, members of al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and other organizations became angry and vengeful and started to resent the United States even more; new terrorist groups emerged, such as ISIS or ISIL. The “War on Terror”

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (or the Levant), ISIS, is the most recent terrorist organization to take hold of the Middle East. Controlling large portions of Syria and Iraq, the Islamic State began as an offshoot of al Qaeda in 2004, when it was originally known as al Qaeda in Iraq. While both organizations have radical anti-Western viewpoints, ISIS has taken its beliefs to an extreme form of Sharia law, as it tortures and executes other Muslims who do not have the same radical ideologies.

capital of Amman and in Syrian refugee camps. All this, he says, has given him an insight into what fuels terrorism, and a specialist’s appreciation for the propaganda strategies of the Islamic State, and how they have improved upon those pioneered by Al Qaeda. Where Osama bin Laden once lectured in didactic videos, the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, has young jihadists speaking to potential recruits in their native tongues, whether English, French

All over the world there are conflicts arising. America has had many conflicts over time some were devastating and others were successful. One conflict America had was Iraq, this stemmed from America having a problem with Saddam Hussein’s Regime. Overtime the civilizations clashed and in October of 2002 congress authorized Iraq war and President Bush announced joint resolution which authorized the use of force against Iraq. From here troops were sent over to Iraq and the war began. After Several

the Levant) (Original name was al-Qaeda in Iraq). They started as an Al-Qaeda splinter group and targeted non-Muslims, Yazidis and members of the sect. ISIL has more than 30,000 fighters and funds itself by oil fields. These oil fields produce $2 million from 50,000 barrels per day. Weapons and supplies pass across the border of Turkey.Abu Musab AL-Zarqawi was the first leader of ISIL which he began in 1999. When he died in 2006 in a U.S. bomb raiding, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi took over. The 43 year-old

In 2014, the Islamic State established its capital city at al-Raqqa, a town they took from Syria. Since the establishment of the ISIS, by their online propaganda and recruitment, it has attracted many people who are volunteers from all over the world from more than 50 countries in which there are many Al Qaeda veterans whose conflict motivated by ISIS’s online propaganda. One of the most significant and successful way ISIS used to

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

real militaristic threat; this has allowed ISIS create it’s own state and maintain it’s borders. The historically recent development of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has taken a step further than infamous terrorist groups such as it’s former partner al Qaeda and become