Al-Qaeda in Iraq

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    Saddam Hussein, many of his supporters didn’t know what to do next, so they formed a group called Al Qaeda. Al Qaeda waged war and attacked Shiite militias who were supported by Iran. After the invasion of US troops, the group seemed to be kept at bay for a while until they regrouped in Syria. Here, they renamed themselves ISIS, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. According to The Week the rest of Al Qaeda wasn’t happy with the regrouping because they were forming a new group also, but after a…

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    because the North still became Communist. Taliban is an Islamic militant group operating in Afghanistan and western Pakistan. Several decades ago and even today, they have created terror and chaos throughout Afghanistan. Believed to work with the Al Qaeda, on 9/11/01, terrorists seized control of two airplanes flying over New York and crashed into the World Trade Center, another airplane into the Pentagon in Virginia, then the last airplane into a field in Pennsylvania. The War in…

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    called Al-Qaeda; they hijacked four of United States airplanes and they used them to attack various targets on the East Coast (Pressler, 2011). Two out of the four hijacked airplanes were flown into the World Trade Center in New York City; the third plane hit the Pentagon that lies just outside of Washington D.C.; and the fourth plane crashed in Pennsylvania. There were over three thousand people who were killed on September 11th by the four hijacked airplanes. Al-Qaeda? Who Are They?…

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    attacks happened many people were at the locations when it happened. Causing lots of death and injuries to many people. It also caused lots of property damage that exceeded over 1 billion dollars. On September 11th 2001 a terrorist group by the name of al-Qaeda. Hijacked 4 passenger planes and crashed them in different areas of the us. Two of these planes were crashed into the the World Trade Center in New York. One was crashed into the North tower and the other crashed in the South one.…

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    “The fact that 71 perfect of American voters in the 2014 midterms were worried about a terrorist attack in the U.S. homeland is an indication that violent groups like al Qaeda, the Islamic State and Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula are still hovering in the minds of many Americans” (nationalinterest.org). The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIS, is the type of organization that forces the world 's most powerful and professional military into action halfway around the globe. ISIS is…

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    America needs to continue to Defend the safety of Israel Imagine being in a country no smaller than the state of New Jersey where you are surrounded by enemies on all sides of your borders. These enemies pose a serious threat because they have a hate that cuts deep to the bone. They actively yearn to kill you. Their hate doesn’t end there; it extends to any outside country that is a friend. "Death to you" is their call. “We want you wiped off the face of the earth.” If you lived in this…

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    The Spread Of ISIS

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    world. It consists of thousands of participants. ISIS started as a part of Al-Qaeda but broke off two years later. The leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has turned ISIS into an extremely aggressive system; one of the most violent the United States has ever had to face. The group often utilizes suicide bombers to inflict the terror and deaths in the areas they attack. So far, they have occupied land from northern Syria to central Iraq, and also a bit of Lebanon. The members follow the religion of…

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    Osama Bin Laden Causes

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    Osama Bin Laden,founder of al-Qaeda, was the most wanted person all over the world for his terrorist attacks, including his biggest terrorist attack against the Pentagon and the World Trade Center. Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden also know as “Osama Bin Laden” started off fighting in Afghanistan against the Soviet Union in 1986. At that time the Soviets sent millions of their troops towards Afghanistan invading them. One of the main causes of this invasion was because the Soviets did not…

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    Isis Research Paper

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    torture. The rise of Islam state and Iraqi took a chunk of land such as Northern Syria up to central Iraq. In 2004 it was the time where it all started the forming of Isis. They were just called a different name, such as Caliph . Throughout the years their beliefs expanded through their culture. Isis is more deadly and brutal and more effective . Meaning there better at surviving land and also al qaeda. Radicals Anti Westerns Militant groups develop something to establish Independent Islamic…

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    world in many different ways. After 911 America got into many wars with other countries. One of the wars was the war against Afghanistan. The people that destroyed the twin towers on 911 were from a group called Al-qaeda and they were from Afghanistan. America also got into the war of Iraq, Libya, and Yemen. In all of these wars we were looking for justice on Osama Bin Laden, the one that orchestrated the attack of 911. Before America left to get into all these wars they first wanted to…

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