Al-Qaeda in Iraq

Terrorists try to manipulate us and change our behavior by creating fear, uncertainty, and division in society”-Patrick J. Kennedy. Patrick J Kennedy was an American politician that was born on July 14, 1967. In this quote Kennedy is describing the word terrorism in a way that if looked up in a dictionary, will have another meaning and state the intentions of the terrorist. ISIS: The State of Terror by Jessica Stern and J.M. Berger is a book about a terroristic group from the Islamic state that go by the name of ISIS which is an abbreviation for “Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.” In the book Stern and Berger talk about many topics through out the book from the rise of ISIS to some subtle ways the West should tackle this problem. Al Qaeda is the first chapter in the book ISIS: The State of Terror and it talks about the rise and fall of Al Qaeda. Al Qaeda stated by Stern and Berger “ISIS emerged from the mind of Abu Musab al Zarqawi, a Jordanian thug-turned-terrorist who brought a particularly brutal and sectarian approach to his understanding of jihad.” (13) Even though ISIS…

terrorist group that was barely nothing that grew up to be a big problem. They need now get as big as they did until they went to Syria. In 2011, The American troops left the country of Iraq after an 8-year war. They thought it was a good idea and also thought the Iraq could stand on there two feet again. I think that bringing the American troops out of Iraq was a bad idea, if they would have stayed longer maybe the ISIS group would have never gotten huge. A speaker in the video The Rise of Isis…

Knights represents a jihadists policy document that discusses the importance of narrative to inspire the Umma by refraining from the extreme purist views of Qutb. He does not seek to refute these views, but he is careful to note that generating support from the Muslim masses is a critical component to the success of jihad. His book also serves as a signal that Al Qaeda was taking the role of the vanguard element within Islam that Qutb spoke of in his book Milestones. However, the various calls…

About 500 Yezidis and buried some alive, while killing others in a mass execution. The aim of ISIS is to create an Islamic state across the Sunni areas of Iraq and Syria. ISIS is known for conducting mass public executions, crucifixions to non-Muslims such as Jews, Catholics and Christians. Over the past year ISIS militants have taken control of a large part of northern and western Iraq and some parts of Syria. At first ISIS was a part of Osama Bin Laden’s notorious terrorist group Al-Qaeda.…

ISIS- Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, once called the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham, is a group of men, women, and children whom believe they are trying to change the world to a better place and change the political geography. They have been compared to Al-Qaeda also, but in reality they are much worse and much more destructive than Al-Qaeda ever was. ISIS has taken Al-Qaeda’s beliefs and amplified them to a radicalism. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is the man responsible for starting Isis. In…

The Involvement of Iraq is a Lesson the US Need to Learn Since the end of World War II, the US have been intervening on the region and country of the Middle East more than anywhere else in the world. Americans consider the Middle East as a luxurious region to settle due to the high quantity of oil found in that region. Despite the vast amount of economic and political change to many Arab country doing that period, The US created different foreign policy. These different policies have seemed as…

effects of other jihadist groups on the recruitment of AQ and the extent to which, if at all, competition between AQ and these other jihadist groups can push AQ into carrying a spectacular terror attack that would in turn make it vulnerable. Effects of ISIL and other Jihadist Groups on the Recruitment of AQ Although ISIL and AQ may have started out as the same outfit with the former being know as Al Qaeda in Iraq, the two have parted ways at least within the Syrian context. The two one-time…

unintended consequences. No matter how cautious generals and political leaders are, war sets in motion waves of change that can alter the currents of history” (Tirman 45). The United States involved itself in an ongoing conflict that has spanned from Crusades to the colonization by the European powers. When the United States pulled out of Iraq in December 2011, a splinter group of Al qaeda headed by Abu Musab al Zarqawi attacked major Shia communities to ignite a sectarian war. Due to the Iraqi…

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…

US invaded Iraq, and stayed there for about eight and a half years. The public, says that about one million Iraqis died. It is important to question ourselves, was the US correct about invading Iraq? The US attacked Iraq, because they suspected that Iraq had WMD’s (weapons of mass destruction). On the other hand, the US killed many innocent citizens. That is why the US should not have invaded Iraq. Again, The US had suspension that Iraq had WMD’s. John Careghini, John Aarika. "No WMD's." The…