ISIS Goals

One international terrorist organization likely to conduct a terrorist attack in the United States is the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, also known as ISIL or ISIS. According to the Committee on Homeland Security, in all of 2014 the number of ISIS linked plots against western targets is 19. Since January 2015, until the Terror Threat Snapshot was released July 2nd, the rate has doubled to 28. Not only is this organization likely to conduct a terrorist attack in the United States, it already has and will continue to do so until they are stopped. ISIL has been around for many years and have gone by other names in the past. They use extreme methods of violence and terror to accomplish their goals and they are very organized. They are able

With a different name at first, ISIS became established in 2004. ISIS main goals is to expand control of territory and they want to overthrow the government in the regions they are controlling and to implement their violent interpretation of sharia law. ISIS has a very organized and well-structured leadership. This can prove to be very effective in accomplishing their goals and conducting attacks. Not only can it prove to be effective with their goals, but it also is effective to obtaining funding for their missions. The group uses criminal conduct to obtain the funding needed for their cause. They conduct illegal activity from smuggling to ransoming hostages, they use the funds that they receive to pay for supplies and their personnel who are conducting their activities. According to the National Counterterrorism Center, the group has more than 30,000 members not to mention the members they gain from expanding. The group also has sympathizers for their cause, meaning they could have someone not affiliated with their group just one day feel motivated to conduct an attack. ISIS also uses children as part of their army, where they take these children and basically brain wash them into believing their cause and fighting for them. For their attacks the group likes to use VBIEDs or regular IEDs and when their enemy stop as procedure calls for, they send out mortars to do even more damage. They also use psychological attacks to spread fear and then once people clear out and the area is softened, they move in to take control. Spread is feared through propaganda. ISIS has a twitter account and also post attack data frequently. Since the group is technology savvy, they are able to spread their propaganda to a much larger audience very quickly. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is an International terroris organization that is likely to conduct a significant crime in the United