ISIS is a term that all to many Americans have become familiar with over the last 3-4 years. The organization now refers to its self as the Islamic State, now strives to create a world based on shira law, which is the religious legal system in which islamist are suppose to follow. The Islamic State, has become a topic of discussion across the world due to their operations in Iraq and Syria. Most concerning yet, is the ability ISIS has to persuade and influence its followers through extensive media campaigns. Thus, their threat has spread to countries without strong centralized governments such as Libya, and to the inspiration of attackers in countries such as France and as far away as the United States. The history of the organization is relatively
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ISI’s leader would become Abu Umar al-Baghdadi and the group had every intention of taking control of the state when coalition forces would eventually withdrawl. These moves were going to be the first steps and intial process of starting a caliphate in the middle east. From 2006-2011, the group suffered signifigant lose due to a combination of lack of local support, US crackdown, capturing of 8,000 members. Even local Sunnis, would carry out attacks on the group assianating members and conviencing others to not join. By 2010, Masri and Baghdadi had been killed, and a different leader with the same last name Baghdadi took command of a severly deteriorated …show more content…
Under the leadership of Baghadadi, ISIS uses this area as its stronghold where it recruits and trains its memebers in training camps throughout area. These training camps form the basic training for the fighters in the group. ISIS get many of their recruits either through forced service from conquered areas or through the inspiration it provides many who wish to commit jihad in support of a facilitation of a caliphate The organization also does much of their recruiting abroad and through social media accounts. Recruiting members of foreign states accomplishes many objectives including having members in foreign countries with direct access as well as critical knowledge about the community for future attacks and recruitment oppurtunites. Additionally it also creates a certain amount of fear in the public knowing that the group is active in the country and a member could be anyone walking down the
ISI’s leader would become Abu Umar al-Baghdadi and the group had every intention of taking control of the state when coalition forces would eventually withdrawl. These moves were going to be the first steps and intial process of starting a caliphate in the middle east. From 2006-2011, the group suffered signifigant lose due to a combination of lack of local support, US crackdown, capturing of 8,000 members. Even local Sunnis, would carry out attacks on the group assianating members and conviencing others to not join. By 2010, Masri and Baghdadi had been killed, and a different leader with the same last name Baghdadi took command of a severly deteriorated …show more content…
Under the leadership of Baghadadi, ISIS uses this area as its stronghold where it recruits and trains its memebers in training camps throughout area. These training camps form the basic training for the fighters in the group. ISIS get many of their recruits either through forced service from conquered areas or through the inspiration it provides many who wish to commit jihad in support of a facilitation of a caliphate The organization also does much of their recruiting abroad and through social media accounts. Recruiting members of foreign states accomplishes many objectives including having members in foreign countries with direct access as well as critical knowledge about the community for future attacks and recruitment oppurtunites. Additionally it also creates a certain amount of fear in the public knowing that the group is active in the country and a member could be anyone walking down the