1. Introduction
2. Discussion
a. An overview
i. The present threat: The Islamic State
b. The American hypocrisy in the war with terror
c. Birth of the Islamic State and the Iraq war
d. The Current Scenario and roadmap
3. Conclusion
4. Recommendations
5. Bibliography
6. References
7. Appendix
List of illustrations
1. Independent Article Snapshot, December 1993-Page 4
2. Bar graph, Civilian casualties in Iraq war 2003-2013-Page 5
3. Line graph, The rise of global terrorism 2002-2011-Page 6
4. Venn Diagram, Competing and common goals in Syrian conflict -Page 6
1. Introduction
The rise in number of terrorist attacks in the recent past, and surge of powerful terrorist groups like ISIS, have called for serious