History of Iraq

Shaheen writes about how ISIS has displaced many of these minority religions. In their most recent offence at the time in Iraq, they had uprooted many Chaldean Christians, a religious minority that had been in the area for a great amount of…

theoretical perspective, explains ISIS and their rise in power. ISIS: Background and Facts on the Case ISIS (the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria), was formed in 1999 and is currently lead by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The stated goal of ISIS is to form an “Islamic Caliphate”, a unified region of Muslim states under a single theocratic rule. ISIS began as a splinter group from al-Qaeda in Iraq, but has only gained significant standing on the world stage after their emergence from the Syrian Civil…

powers into neighboring countries. Mostly functioning out of Iraq and Syria, Isis puts bordering countries such as Turkey and Lebanon in great danger. Members of the Iraqi military are constantly at battle with Isis members trying to regain land lost to Isis. The United States is responsible for training as many as 10,000 thousand Iraqi soldiers to fight back against the terrorist group. Training these men will allow the people of Iraq to try to regain control of their own country. This will…

For at least three years now, the threat of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has spread and affected people and places all over the world. Officially originating in 2013, ISIS is a violent jihadist group founded mostly in Iraq and Syria that has members from all over the world due to their global recruiting system. They have killed thousands of people in their acquired territories that do not agree with what ISIS stands for or anyone resisting their rule. ISIS has grown into a serious…

Waleed Aly "ISIL is Weak" text response Purpose Waleed Aly's speech "ISIL is Weak" on The Project was broadcast shortly after the Paris terrorist attack in 2015. Although his speech had multiple purposes and reasons it was aired, the main purpose was very clear; to let the public know that ISIL is weak and struggling for power. Aly emphasizes throughout the speech the fact that ISIL are trying to create a society of islamophobes, making ISIL the only place for Muslims to turn. To emphasize…

strong reasons. The United Stated Before considering the changing nature of humanitarian intervention under international law, it is necessary to consider briefly why humanitarian intervention was appeared as a justification for the 2003 war against Iraq. The cruel and brutal nature of the Iraqi regime is indisputable. For a long time, the former regime oppressed a system of persecution that contained widespread arbitrary captured, indefinite detention without trial, torture, rape, large-scale…

There are many ways to expand an empire as shown in document A, B, and C. The Islamic empire expanded in these ways; war, gifts, and treaties with countries. All of the documents have different ideas about how the Muslims expanded. Most of them are likely true as they are written at the same time. The essay is about what the Muslims did to gain land whether a war where they “fought violently” in document A or The “Granting of gifts” in document C. In document A the Muslims fought wars just to…

The documents in the “Against Withdrawal” dossier provide a comprehensive and roughly chronological overview of the various arguments in favor of a sustained American military presence in Iraq. Tracking the evolution of the anti-withdrawal stance from 2006 through 2011, the articles present a united assessment of the situation on the ground that remains remarkably consistent over time. All of these authors contend, to some degree, that any apparent progress toward a secure Iraqi state and stable…

has been around mystery, it is Al-Qaeda offshoot that seeks to establish an Islamic state aiming to launch a jihad, which means a holy war where the jihadist sacrificing their life to their hardline beliefs. At first, ISIS initially established in Iraq and Syria (al-Sham) in 2004 by the extremist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi where only few people took them seriously 3. Then, the threat of ISIS has gradually increased especially when the ISIS-attackers had seen the fellow murderers boasting of their…

The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has a structure quite similar to the old Ottoman Empire, in that the Ottomans and ISIS both have its caliphate foundation. In another example, the Ottoman Empire started to grow when the Western powers began to decline. The modern day ISIS also grows larger and stronger, and though their power may not grow as much as the Ottomans did, the Eastern identity increased when the Western powers ever so slightly lagged to enforce power. Furthermore, a key…