Understanding ISIS
The Terrorist Group Which Has Caused A lot of Change
Background
- ISIS stands for "the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (al-Sham)"
- Fueled after the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003
- Current leader is Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Facts
- ISIS makes from $1 million to $3 million a day
- They make their money from smuggling and selling oil, kidnappings, and selling stolen goods like artifacts
- This group publically kills dozens of people at a time and many other horrendous acts
The Leader of ISIS
Many executions have been beheadings
ISIS controls a large part and has continued to spread
Acts They've Taken Part In
- May 2014 - ISIS kidnaps more than 140 schoolboys in Syria
- June 2014 - About 1.2 million Iraqis forced from their homes
- August 2014 - In Sinjar, 500 men killed, 70 children died of thirst, women sold into slavery, and more than 300,000 families stranded in the mountains
- January 2015 - ISIS posts a video of the decapitated body of a journalist
- November 2015 - Paris attacks which killed about 130 innocent people