The Threat is Real
The world today has many problems, the main one being terrorism. It seems as if every day there is something on the news about a terrorist attack somewhere in the world. The threat is real, but the biggest threat is ISIS. Countries all around the globe are preparing for, or fighting, a war against ISIS. In a world full of many terrorist groups and threats, ISIS is the most powerful. The world needs to better understand what it is, where they attack, and how to stop them.
ISIS, or the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, began as Al Qaeda in 2004. Some also refer to the group as ISIL, which stands for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, and Daesh, an Arabic acronym. They are the target of the largest U.S. military operation
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ISIS has used social media, especially Twitter, to make themselves know to the entire world. It all started with the airing of the James Foley murder. Since then, they have gained followers in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the United States. This social media presence has led to many younger people not only following ISIS, but joining them. The average age of non-Middle Eastern fighters who have traveled to join ISIS. However, many social media websites have upped the ante on security in an attempt to slow down ISIS. Twitter, which is the website ISIS uses most, issued a ban of all “indirect threats of violence” (Singer).
The core of ISIS is based in the Middle East, but they have followers and groups all around the world. They possess land in both Iraq and Syria, giving them many ways to communicate with the rest of the world. They have thirty thousand soldiers, more than any terrorist group ever. Most terrorist groups only have a few hundred soldiers, possess zero territory, target everyday people and do not go after militaries. ISIS obviously is not most terrorists groups, and that's part of what makes them so dangerous (Cronin).
The first major attack by any country on ISIS was by Iraq, on Mosul Dam.
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There have been eighty-two people accused by the U.S. government of working with ISIS. Of those eighty-two, thirty-two thought about an attack in the U.S. Twenty-eight of those people took action to execute an attack. Seventeen of the twenty-eight were under FBI surveillance while planning their attack. Five people were actually in talks with a member of ISIS, while two carried out an attack in Texas but were shot by police before they had an opportunity to kill or harm anyone. Two people did succeed, killing fourteen and injuring twenty-two more in the attacks in San Bernadino. Much like the San Bernadino attacks, attacks in the U.S. have been “lone wolf” attacks, meaning they were done by one person. None of the eighty-two accused received direct direction from ISIS on what to do, so they did what they wanted. Fifty-six more Americans wanted to go overseas and actually fight for ISIS, while thirty-seven took steps to go to Libya, Syria, or Iraq. The FBI did their job well, as twenty-eight got arrested in America on the way to a flight. Five made it fully overseas with the intent to join ISIS and were caught, but three made it out and actually joined ISIS. ISIS is everywhere, especially in America
ISIS has shown that they are one of the biggest terror threats in the world (CNN). People even are starting comparing ISIS to the Nazis from World War II(Luckert). Nazis and ISIS are very similar, but they are also very different. The similarities are shocking to see that history could possibly repeat itself and people still haven’t learned from the Nazis’ time. The Nazis exterminated more than six million innocent civilians. If no one stops ISIS, who knows what they will be able to accomplish.
...spread cells, and gaining support, and constantly evolving employment of technology, it continues to thrive. Friendly forces continue to gain knowledge about the Al Qaeda in efforts to bring the organization down and prevent further implementation of chemical or biological warfare.
ISIS started as a break away group of al-Qaeda, one of the most terrible Islamic groups in the world. The stated goal of ISIS is to start a worldwide Islamic caliphate. The areas it controls are ruled under strict
The reason why i think that Osama bin ladens death is the most important is that he was the one responsible for allot of peoples deaths.Like the bimbing if the world trade towers, and an attempt to bomb the national guard training center. He also tried to kill a egyptian president named Hosni mubarak. not to mention that he all of the other people that he killed and his men killed. That had inspired us to take him down people attacking the us by half. The death of him came by specially trained team for the job ( Navy seals ) sent in to take Osama bin laden out.
America has seen a rise in terrorist attacks since September 11, 2001. Preceding these attacks by Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaida an ostensibly new threat emerged on American soil. However, this apparent growing new threat of terrorism to America has been active for decades and is known as the Lone Wolf terrorist. Mark S. Hamm and Ramon Spaaj have indicated and disclosed in their research that the lone wolf terrorist has been active in 98 cases in America between 1940-2013. In their 2015 grant report after further examinations were concluded; the definition of lone wolf terrorism needs to include the following:
We all heard of 9/11. I mean who hasn’t heard of 9/11, do you guys know who planned and attacked the Twin Towers, the Pentagon and try to hit the U.S Capitol. It is Osama Bin Laden the dead terrorist and the leader of Al Qaeda. Osama Bin Laden is a terrorist that bombed the U.S and the western philosophy by attacking U.S embassies, the Oklahoma city suicide attack and a lot more suicide attacks that are really dangerous. He was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 1957 or 1958.
Osama Bin Laden is brought up to a be Muslim extremist. He spent most of his adulthood waging a holy war against the west. Most people know him as the man behind 9/11, and the leader of “Al Qaeda” . He is one of the most popular terrorist leaders in modern history.
As stated by Haddow, C., Bullock, J., Coppola, D.P., Terrorism is a global problem. From 1969 to 2009, over 38,000 terrorist attacks were reported worldwide. Three thousand, or 8 percent of these, targeted Americans or American interests both inside the United States and overseas, leading to the deaths of almost 5600 people and injuries to over 16,000 more (p. 309).
Terrorism represents a continuing threat to the United States. It is the most significant threat to our national security. Terrorist attacks have left many concerned about the possibility of future incidents of terrorism in the United States. Since the events of September 11, 2011, Americans and much of the world have been afraid. Americans are at war with terrorism and no longer feel comfortable.
Isis is arguably the most successful and feared group of militants. It has claimed itself a state and has been governing for many years. Isis began in 2004 and was an ally of Osama Bin Laden. The only difference is that Isis is more brutal and more effective when controlling territory. Isis is growing and so are the fears of the United States citizens. Isis has been pushed back farther into its own territory, losing 12% of its territory. But that does not mean that it is any less dangerous. Isis is a major inspiration for many attacks of terrorism around the world.
In the United States, we have Americans that are waiting and wanting to destroy anything that has to do with our country and our western way of life, all in the name of “jihad” or holy war. Just in the past year and almost 10 years after September 11, 2001, there has been upsurge in jihadist recruitment and incidents within the United States. This seems to be a call out to all the homegrown jihadist sympathizers that were waiting to come into action. According a RAND Corporation report, “there were 46 reported cases of radicalization and recruitment to jihadist terrorism in the United States between 9/11 and the end of 2009” (Jenkins). Young men and women are being charged with the intention to harm innocent American citizens, and destroy the United States, all of them with the proclamation of being an Islamic soldier and dying for Islam as a martyr. Faisal Shahzad, the unsuccessful Times Square bomber from Connecticut who pleaded guilty June 21, said in front of a judge, “I am part of the answer to the US terrorizing the Muslim nations and the Muslim people, and on behalf of that, I'm avenging the attacks" (Scherer).
Group participation is a way that terrorist groups are able to complete certain difficult goals similar to gangs or other groups that are involved in deviant behavior together (Gottfredson and Hirschi, 1990). Attacks like 9-11 would not be possible without the groups working together. There are key elements that go along with group crime such as group mediation, and environmental conditions of potential targets (Gottfredson and Hirschi, 1990). Crime also happens when people do not have “belief” in the norms and values of society and also don 't respect authority (Hirschi & Stark, 1969). Terrorists are motivated by having different values of American society and see it as being immoral. They see our government as being corrupt and rationalize their actions because of this. It is important public policy makers know how to limit this extremist ideology and not make it worse by isolating Muslim
Al Qaeda is a terrorist organization established in Peshawar, Pakistan, between 1988 or 1989 by Osama bin laden and his teacher Abullah Yusuf Azzam. Al-Qaeda is an international terrorist network that considered the top terrorist threat to the United States. Al Qaeda is seeking to get rid of all westerns from Muslims territory and replace their own Islamic regime. They are a group of people who work to gather to plan act of terrorism against Muslim and non Muslim especially United State. Al Qaeda believes that they are fighting a holy war against enemy of their religion. People from many countries have joined this group including Afghanistan, Pakistan and Britain. This paper is going to present a brief historical background of Al Qaeda that how it emerged with their ideology, view, believe, and goals they have and also it presents the Activities which this group has been done before and after the very massive attack they had in US in September 11, 2001 and the international responses to this act of violence. Finally this paper will end up with comparing this Organization (Al Qaeda) with Reverend Mike Bray the Christian terrorist.
Al Qaeda, or Al Qaida, is a global militant Islamist organization. It was agreed upon as a terrorist organization by almost every nation such as the United States, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty), the European Union, United Kingdom, United Nations, India, and many more countries. Al Qaeda is a organization or network comprising of both a stateless and ruthless army with a radical Sunni Muslim movement that has a strict interpretation of Sharia Law, moral law, and their main goal is to achieve global Jihad, the religious duties of all Muslims.
U.S. officials claim they do everything possible to combat ISIS, their actions are not clear at this point. The absence of any direct actions points to the potential benefit such enemy as ISIS plays for the U.S. and its allies. Specifically, it is possible to argue that the main reason behind such approach is dictated by the purpose of maintaining the western control in certain territories and supporting the chaos in the Middle East that is historically well-known for its reserves of oil. The Western strategy is to overwhelm the Middle East by terror and rage in order to create an unstable economic situation in the region. Here, ISIS plays an important role in protecting Middle-Eastern assets, by enacting a plan in action by colonizing, or spreading throughout and unifying, the Middle East (Sanchez).