ISIS Research Paper

In the world humans are no stranger to injustices. We have too many injustices to count on one hand. They go from politics, human trafficking, racism, and lastly terrorist group. Terrorism is an ongoing issue that has become a part of the public's everyday life. People read about car bombings and shootings practically everyday. The on going violence causes people great anxiety. When the public thought it could not be any worse, greater atrocities have been committed in the name of Islam by a group that calls itself Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). ISIS distorts the religious beliefs of Islam and attracts the young people around the world to perform their Terrorist attacks. While terrorism has been around, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria

The Islamic State can be trailed back to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. The United States led an attack on Iraq, after this attack Zarqawi gave their support to al-Qaeda. This evolved into the Islamic State in Iraq (ISI) after Zarqawi died. Not being as strong and capable of fighting against the United States a man who was a former detainee of the United States started to rebuild ISI. In April an announcement was made, “Baghdadi announced the merger of his forces in Iraq and Syria and the creation of "Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant” (ISIS)” (“What Is Islamic State”). This is the beginning of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, The people who lead al-Nusra and al-Qaeda fought against the move. The fighters who follow Baghdadi disband and pledged their allegiance to

The leaders are extreme confidential not much is known about them, with intel from Iraq interior ministry. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi first became a leader of al-Qaeda which later turned into ISIS. al-Baghdadi is the third in command, battlefield commander, and tactician. This made his group more attractive to young jihadists than al-Qaeda. Al-Iraqi is a member of the organization’s military council. He worked for Iraq’s air defense intelligence under the rein of Saddam Hussein. Abu Ayman was detained for three and after he was released, he joined ISIS becoming a commander. Abu Ahmad al-Alwani is a councilmen of the military and was a former member of Saddam’s army. Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi was one of the four important members of the ISIS military and the head of the Shura council. al-Bilawi was also detained but in the American military detention center called Camp Bucca. Later killed in al-Khalidiya, Anbar. Haji Bakr was a farmer officer of the Saddam’s army. His purpose was developing strategies and handling the weapons. Bakr was at one point known as the strongest ISIS commander in Syria. Abu- Fatima al-Jahesishi was a leader that took charge of the operations for ISIS but later moved to Kirkuk, not making much of an impact anymore. Each leader plays or played their own role for ISIS to make them capable of becoming a strong force against the different nations. (Exclusive: Top ISIS