ISLAMIC TERRORS: KILLED 1990 to 1999 { 95 } 2000 to 2009 { 4,111 } 2010 to 2014 { 310 } TOTAL ..... AS OF DECEMBER 15th.2014 { 4,516 } Taliban: Started in 1994 in Afghanistan which traditionally is a state-sponsors of terrorism. Since the mid-1990s, Pakistani-backed terrorist groups. Al-Qaeda: Was established by Usama Bin Ladin in 1990, Al Qaeda aims to coordinate a transnational mujaheddin network; stated goal is to reestablish the Muslim State throughout the world via the overthrow of corrupt regimes in the Islamic world and the removal of foreign presence - primarily American and Israeli - from the Middle East. ISIS: ISIS stands for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, also called the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant or ISIL, and, more recently, just IS or Islamic State. ISIS began as al-Qaida in Iraq as part of the Iraqi insurgency against American and coalition forces after the Second Gulf War in 2003, it expanded to Syria, changing its name to the “Islamic State of Iraq and Syria”. Isis had close links to al-Qaeda until February 2014. In February, 2014 al-Qaeda cut all ties with the group, reportedly due its brutality Today, ISIS has occupied large areas in Iraq and Syria, creating chaos and murdering and terrorizing thousands and driving many from their homes. ISIS is more focused on building an “Islamic State” than on overthrowing the Assad government, unlike the other opposition groups; additionally, again unlike other Syrian opposition groups, it is made up of foreign fighters, not Syrians.
Posted on: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 13:31:12 +0000
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