Al-Qaeda in Iraq

By every measure “ISIL poses a direct and significant threat to the U.S., and proposes to be the new ideological leader. The group uses terrorist and insurgency tactics against Syrians, the people of Iraq, and sectarian regions of the Middle East.” (Threat Assessment of ISIL and Al Qaeda in Iraq, Syria and Beyond, 9/13/2014). The leader of ISIS claims the United States to be in direct conflict with ISIS. The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) believes any attack by extremist or…

troubling and quick ascension of the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS). The word itself represents the rule of a Caliph. This Caliph can rule a land mass, a government, or a mass of people. In the case of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, it is lands and cities in Northern Iraq. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is the current Caliph of ISIS. He is the so-called only “legitimate successor to the prophet Mohammed” (independent.co.uk). With this distinction, al-Baghdadi is claiming to be the overall leader of Islam…

was undertaken in order to confirm and also combat terror groups that were suspected being in partnerships with Saddam Hussein prior to the 200 Invasion. During this mission the Northern Iraq Liaison Element (NILE) were assisted by members of the 10th Special Forces group in order to combat a terror group in Iraq as well as determine what their connection was to Saddam and if they were making weapons of mass destruction. (Dale 2008, pg.40) The NILE element executed this mission with little to no…

After the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, Al-Qaeda outdone the government to be the world 's most obnoxious terrorist organization. Al-Qaeda means “the base" in Arabic and the amount of terrorists are ordered by Osama bin Laden. In addition, Osama bin Laden was killed in a united action by the U.S. army in May 2011 (Hayes, L., & Brunner, B.).However, people believed that this group will be encouraged to look for a revenge from this incident, whereas others questioned if they will…

Harbinger of a Fatal Flaw Sheikh Salman al Oudah, a Saudi cleric whom bin Laden had once lauded as his “ideal personality,” wrote an open letter to bin Laden repudiating the actions of al Qaeda (Wright, 2011, p. 67). Further disseminating the letter on the internet and to the media, Sheikh Salman scathingly rebuked al Qaeda’s indiscriminate murder of innocent people, arguing the “regime has stopped ruling people according to what God revealed” (Wright, 2011, p. 66). He condemend bin Laden’s…

into Iraq in 2003, Jordanian Salafi Jihadist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and his militant group Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad, achieved fame in the early stages of the Iraqi insurgency. Founded in 1999, the terror group was responsible for suicide attacks on civilians, Iraqi government institutions Italian soldiers, and Shia Islamic mosques, Al-Zarqawi's group officially pledged allegiance to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network in October 2004. The name was changed to Tanzim Qaidat al-Jihad fi Bilad…

Father Douglas Bazi, the priest who was kidnapped and tortured by Al-Qaeda, said being a Christian in Iraq is “impossible.” The Baghdad-based priest spoke at a church in California and shared how Al-Qaeda militants captured him was he was on his way home from church in 2006. Within the nine days that he was held hostage by the terrorists, Father Douglas Bazi’s lost some of his teeth when his captors smashed them with a hammer, was shot in the leg, and sustained a broken nose and back, the…

Al Qaeda With the war on terrorism becoming more and more violent, US officials are looking for a way to stop the violence that Al Qaeda is inflicting on the United States of America. Al Qaeda isn’t a new problem to the United States. Al Qaeda is defined as “a radical Sunni Muslim organization dedicated to the elimination of a Western presence in Arab countries and militantly opposed to Western foreign policy: founded by Osama bin Laden in 1988” (Dictionary.com). “In approximately 1989, bin…

Al-Qaeda Targets and Tactics Al-Qaeda is a terror group with founded by Osama bin Laden and other volunteers from the Arab community in 1988. Al-Qaeda has been mounting various terror attacks on civilians and military bases in different countries such as the U.S. embassy bombing in 1998, and the Bali bombing in 2002 ("Al-Qaida making comeback in Iraq, officials say", 2012). Following the various attacks and the destruction of property and loss life, different countries such as the U.S. launched…

their war on terror, specifically Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Islamic State). The Islamic…