ISIS has been an increasing concern in the face of Americans for more than a decade. Their main campaign is to control Sunni-populated Iraqi territory and the number of attacks in Iraq have been growing steadily for months, with over 100 people being murdered every week. ISIS operates much like an organized military with a very clear political strategy. Since 2012, ISIS has “issued annual reports, outlining in numerical and geographical detail it’s operations – the number of bombings, assassinations, checkpoints, suicide missions, cities taken over, and even ‘apostates’ converted to the ISIS cause.” (Financial Times, 2014) In 2013 alone, ISIS claimed to have performed over 10,000 operations in Iraq. ISIS’ reports have been deeply analyzed by
