ISIS: Terrorist Groups
"I pretended to be dead for over an hour, lying among people who could see their loved ones motionless23. Holding my breath trying not to move, not cry- not giving those men the fear they longed to see", said Isobel Bowdery, a survivor of the Paris attacks that took place on November thirteen two thousand and fifteen. Who are these men she's referring too that can cause such an unimaginable senseless act terror? They are The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, better known as ISIS, a Jihadist militant terror group. ISIS is a growing terrorist group that seemed to come from nowhere but as times passed, claimed its territory in Iraq and Syria. Growing evidence has suspected this terrorist group seemed to form in an American prison in Iraq, known
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Al Qaueda was responsible for one of the most tragic events United States history, the attack on the Twin Towers in New York. Osama bin Laden played a huge role in shaping this terror group until his death in 2011.When the U.S forces killed al –Zarqawi, the horrendous treatment of the citizens did not end, until the Sahwa Fronts and Sunni Tribal leaders practically made the group extinct, but that did not work. In 2006, al Qaeda was re-named as The Islamic State in Iraq (ISI), but as the years passed they also accommodated Syria into the group to famously be known as now as ISIS. The master of this terror group, Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, formed his own military group before he joined al Qaeda in Iraq. In2004, Baghdadi was arrested by U.S. forces in Iraq. He served four years in an American prison camp in southern Iraq, at which many suspect he broadened a system of networks and came up with his ideas. He was later released in 2009. In 2010, al-Baghdadi rose to merge with Syria but failed to do so formally until 2013. In 2014, Baghdadi announced the creation of the Islamic caliphate. He was named its caliph. Al Baghdadi
Al-Baghdadi location is still unknown but is the top target in the war against ISIS. U.S intelligence forces may have insight on where he might be but al-Baghdadi keeps a very low profile. This terror group has instilled so much fear into our world. It has led us to fear where we go, and what we say. Humanity is at stake, and we need to gain control of these terrors and put it end to
Al Qaueda was responsible for one of the most tragic events United States history, the attack on the Twin Towers in New York. Osama bin Laden played a huge role in shaping this terror group until his death in 2011.When the U.S forces killed al –Zarqawi, the horrendous treatment of the citizens did not end, until the Sahwa Fronts and Sunni Tribal leaders practically made the group extinct, but that did not work. In 2006, al Qaeda was re-named as The Islamic State in Iraq (ISI), but as the years passed they also accommodated Syria into the group to famously be known as now as ISIS. The master of this terror group, Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, formed his own military group before he joined al Qaeda in Iraq. In2004, Baghdadi was arrested by U.S. forces in Iraq. He served four years in an American prison camp in southern Iraq, at which many suspect he broadened a system of networks and came up with his ideas. He was later released in 2009. In 2010, al-Baghdadi rose to merge with Syria but failed to do so formally until 2013. In 2014, Baghdadi announced the creation of the Islamic caliphate. He was named its caliph. Al Baghdadi
Al-Baghdadi location is still unknown but is the top target in the war against ISIS. U.S intelligence forces may have insight on where he might be but al-Baghdadi keeps a very low profile. This terror group has instilled so much fear into our world. It has led us to fear where we go, and what we say. Humanity is at stake, and we need to gain control of these terrors and put it end to