Islamic State in Iraq and Syria
Stephanie Teffeteller
Their Goal
Ideology
- Change the current form of government
- Caliphate: "an Islamic form of government that first came into being after Muhammad's death under Abu Bakr and saw its last manifestation in the Ottoman Empire"
- Muslim world
- Entire world
How
- Terror
- Public floggings and executions
- Omnipotent presence
- Other attacks such as that on Abu Ghraib and Taji prisons on July 22, 2013 (hundreds of prisioners escaped including some members of al Queda
- Social media
- News
- Providing services to those in the territories they rule
- Toys for children
- Bus services
- Food rationing
Leaders
Six identified field commanders
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
- Ibrahim al-Badri
- third in command
- lecturer of islamic studies
- detained by US forces in 2004 but released in 2007
- Established the “Sunni Army” militia
- Part of al-Qaeda
Abu Ayman al-Iraqi
- part of ISIS military council
- commander of ISIS military in Edlib, Aleppo and the mountains of Lattakia
- worked on Iraq air defense under Saddam Hussein
Abu Ahmad al-Alwani
- fought in Saddam's military
- part of ISIS military council
Works Cited
Carr, David. "With Videos of Killings, ISIS Hones Social Media as a Weapon." The New York Times. The New York Times, 7 Sept. 2014. Web. 7 Sept. 2014. <http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/08/business/media/with-videos-of-killings-isis-hones-social-media-as-a-weapon.html?_r=0>.
"Exclusive: Top ISIS leaders revealed." Al Arabiya News. N.p., 13 Feb. 2014. Web. 7 Sept. 2014. <http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/2014/02/13/Exclusive-Top-ISIS-leaders-revealed.html>.
Lister, Tim. "Terrorists Stealing Control of Iraq." 2014. JPG file.