Why Does Isis Exist

Ali Khadery (2014) Three years ago, the Islamic State (ISIS) did not exist; now it controls vast swaths of Syria and Iraq. Showing off its handiwork daily via Twitter and YouTube, Isis has repeatedly demonstrated that it is much more than a transnational terrorist organization – rather, it is an entity with sophisticated command, control, propaganda and logistical capabilities, and one that has proven its ability to take and hold strategically critical territory at the heart of the Middle East. But as world leaders grapple with how to respond to this unprecedented crisis, they must first understand how Isis came to exist. Principally, Isis is the product of a genocide that continued unabated as the world stood back and watched. It is the illegitimate child born of pure hate and pure fear – the result of 200,000 murdered Syrians and of millions more displaced and divorced from their hopes and dreams. Isis's rise is also a reminder of how Bashar al-Assad's Machiavellian embrace of al-Qaida would come back to haunt him (para.1). Michael Gryboski (2014) ISIS' …show more content…
Bauer (2008) the tactic, techniques and procedures (TTPs) of most terrorist organizations are normally the same or very similar TTPs that other terrorists groups in the pasts have used. The amount of similarity between the groups TTPs normally depends on the amount of success a previous group had using the TTPs. ISIS as well as other terror groups utilize the four step Kill Chain Model as one of their basic foundations. Generally speaking the Kill Chain Model outlines the hierarchy tasks and subtasks needed to carry out a terrorists act. ISIS's organizational breakdown establishes a military command structure which enables the group to operate more like a military rather than a terrorist group. ISIS's style of fighting around the urban battlefield of Iraq is a mix between terrorism, guerilla warfare and unconventional warfare. Making them an unpredictable and lethal group to deal