As a result, the groups’ strategies and alliances have shifted and changed as they moved their operation base from Afghanistan/Pakistan to Somali/Yemen and they have also elected a new leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. However, although the group has been subjugated, jihad ideologies continue to thrive. With this ideologies doing rounds, it may only be a matter of time before another generation of Al-Qaeda’s’ emerges with fuller forces. Only time will
Few organizations have garnered as much fascination, fear, and attention in the realm of global security and terrorism as Al-Qaeda. This paper will cover the group's origins, purpose and ideologies, organizational structure, successes and failures, and prospects to assess its ability to achieve its ideological goals given its military capabilities. We will identify two eras of Al Qaeda: pre-9/11 and post-9/11, with both eras having distinct organizational structures and threats. Given their current resources, Al Qaeda’s resources may not be enough to achieve their ideological goals of the defeat of the United States and the creation of an Islamic state under Sharia law. However, the current decentralized organizational structure and the number
In the time frame of sixteen years, what started as a small rebellious group in Iraq and Syria has now grown into a large fighting force dedicated to spreading their beliefs with brutal violence posing a concern to the whole nation. ISIS has been around for sixteen years now and with those years have come many innocent deaths. ISIS started as a small group in the Islamic states of Iraq and Syria. After many other groups fought against the Iraq amy, ISIS saw their opportunity to take control. With an Iraq army already beat down by other
The goal for AQC was to re-establish control over regions that the ‘west’ had invaded (Stern 108), which in turn regain their identity back through the thought that the idealized goal would be achievable. Al Qaeda’s vision was “for the restoration of the Islamic caliphate [is] framed squarely in the long term.” (Stern 192). Al Qaeda’s theme of “defending ones identity against aggression” (Stern 192) depicting that they were the trying to regain land that was taken from them by the ‘west’, ISIS’s goal however, was to create a utopian society for the marginalized groups thus establishing the caliphate over the region. With the flood of propaganda and the proclamation that ISIS had “reestablished the ‘caliphate’ and renamed itself simply ‘The Islamic State’,” (Stern 116) under the caliphate ISIS wanted to establish a reigning system, through the recruitment of young Islamist-Westerns to create their ideal utopian.
Overall many believe that Isis’s overall idea is to take control of the world. “The ISIS's objective is the establishment of a worldwide Caliphate, reflected in frequent media reports by means of images of the world united under a ISIS banner”
The Middle East has always been considered as one of the most volatile and complex regions in the world. After the 9/11 attacks by Al-Qaeda, a new era of inequilibrium was arguably introduced. Thereon, the world was never the same. As a case in point, Iraq, with its strategic worth and regional status had suffered at the heart of this tension for seven years (2003 - 2011). During which, it has been ravaged by a vicious cycle of warfare, sectarian strife, and mostly, an unprovoked invasion launched by the Bush Administration to eliminate the threat raised by its-ex Sunni leader: Saddam Hussein, who was charged of processing and developing weapons of mass destruction.
Harrison Tablada Mr.Resh West Civ 2 October 22,2017 Period 3 Hobbes rough draft The world will be in a lot of trouble if ISIS is not stopped by someone. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, is a villainous force who has been completely dangerous. Also because of the ISIS they have caused the Middle East to be destroyed almost completely, therefore Syria is now and was in a crisis.
According to McCants (2015), ISIS hit its peak of success in 2013-2014 due to its recruitment tactics of its soldiers. First, at the core of its message, ISIS used psychological warfare to recruit its members through social media. Part of the "psycho-logic" process is "externalization" dividing the world into "us versus them" as this allows violence to become acceptable (p. 13). For instance, it used social media platforms to post propaganda targeting foreigners with mixed messages of "apocalypticism, puritanism, sectarianism, ultraviolence, and promises of a caliphate" (McCants, 2015, p. 153). McCants (2015) illustrate the caliphate made several promises, including, "a place of honor for Muslim youth who felt shut out by their political systems or alienated from their societies" (p.
A man is summoned to a tribunal. It does not sound like much, but he was set up and even has proof of his innocence. The leader of the tribunal ignores the man’s alibi and the man is led off to the middle of the town and was decapitated in front of the whole town, but more specifically, his family, who were forced to watch. It is a tragic anecdote that describes the countless stories of the trials fellow humans suffer through across the globe under ISIS in Iraq and Syria. ISIS is a heinous organization that deserves to be eliminated and bombed out of existence by America’s war machine and superiority.
The researchers have concluded that ISIS is a problem that needs to be resolved as soon as possible. This militant group needs to be dealt in a serious and well-planned tactics. Knowing that ISIS has the ability to influence and to attract individuals to join their group is something that everyone should be afraid of. If this group cannot be eliminated as soon as possible, everyone will suddenly be living in a world that is being run by militant groups. Everyone should also be afraid since this group is not afraid of killing other people.
Just three years after the last U.S. military forces returned home from fighting in the Iraq War, we are once again facing war in the Middle East. ISIS, a terrorist organization whose aim is to create an Islamic state across Sunni areas of Iraq and in Syria, has become the most effective and ruthless terrorist organization in history, gaining the concern of countries around the world. Through the use of social media and the World Wide Web, this terrorist groups has broadcasted hostage beheadings and publicly threatened the American homeland. President Obama, his senior officials, and political critics are overstating and hyping the actual, immediate, and potential threats we face from ISIS. While agreeing that U.S. military action is needed, Keating claims that ISIS’s immediate threat to the U.S. has been exaggerated and should not be our Presidents sole motive to intervene.
A terrorist group called ISIS(Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) from Iraq and Syria, led by an Iraqi militant that goes by the name of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, have begun targeting Muslims, Christians, Yazidis and Sunnis, Shia’ Muslims, and female unbelievers, they consider slaves (Ferran). This group mainly consists of the Syrians or Iraqians, and now have many coming after them, U.S, United Kingdom, and Saudi Arabia. Minorities are now believed to be in control of this group. They have taken over part of Iraq and Syria, including the larger main cities.
1). Also, with the power vacuum that was left in Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime and Iraqi institutions, Al-Qaeda’s power to recruit and morale increased, thus, Al-Qaeda’s operational capability flourished (Transnational terrorism after the Iraq war, 2003, p. 2). Therefore, in the immediate period after the invasion, Al-Qaeda was able to establish its roots in Iraq and grow its influence amongst the Sunni Muslims in Iraq (Transnational terrorism after the Iraq war, 2003, p.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) is a threat to the United States of America. There have been many lives lost at the hands of ISIS fighters and victimization done to women. Neutralizing the threat is a challenging task but there are different approaches psychological and intelligence are two options to begin with. To date, ISIL has killed minorities, forced minorities to flee, raped women, and killed American, Japanese and British citizens.
The name ISIS lets us assume that the interest of the group lies within territorial authority over Iraq and Syria,
