...The Islamic terrorist group ISIS seems like it rised overnight in June 2014, however, the group has existed since the early 1990's under different names and various shapes. The group has transformed from a political and religious ideal into a death cult. The group began over two decades ago with a Jordanian named Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. He arrived in Afghanistan wanting to be a mujahideen in 1989, but was too late to fight. He left back home and remained a figure in international terror for the next decade. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi returned to Afghanistan and set up terrorist training camps. In 2001, he fled to Iraq after the fall of Talaban. In 2004, his campaign of suicide bombings across Iraq had made him a superstar of the jihadi movement and even won the endorsement of bin Laden, whom he joined forces with forming al-Qaeda in Iraq, or AQI. Zarqawi's ambitions were cut short in June 2006 when US Air Force dropped a pair of 500 pound bombs on his hideout, killing him. In 2011, when US troop withdrawals was complete, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was running the group, he took Zarqawi's tactics and supercharged them. He sent suicide bombers to police officers, military offices, checkpoints, and recruiting stations. Soon after, Baghdadi renamed the group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), to reflect his greater ambitions. In early 2014, ISIS planned a bolder strike by taking of Mosul which marked a new phase in ISIS' evolution. It was now willing and able to seize and control land...
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...world today. It is not a question of if they will attack but when they will attack on American soil. To really understand how they might do it and why they want to one must first look at their history and beliefs. Al-Quade started during the Cold War when Russia invaded Afghanistan. The United States was against all things Russian and started to support the locals fight back against the Russians. This led to the United States giving Al-Quade weapons and training. After the withdrawal of the Russians in 1988 a named Ahmad Fadhil Nasal Al-Khalaylah joined Al-Quade. Once there he met a man named Sheikh Abu Muhammad who had a lot more violent outlook then Obama bin Laden. Unlike Bin Laden, Al-Khalaylah, who changed his name to Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, grew up very poor and was a lot more extreme because of this fact. In 1999 he returned to Jordan and formed his own organization known as Jamaat Al-Tawhid Wal-Jihad or the Organization of Monotheism and Jihad. On September 11, 2001 Al-Quade made their motives known when they committed a terrorist attack on the World Trade Center towers, the Pentagon, and another flight that crashed before reaching a target. This would led to the United States invading Afghanistan in 2001 and in 2003 Iraq. Zarqawi’s group was among the extremists who entered the country to fight the United States. His group as well as others and the former Sunni army that was led by Saddam Hussein joined together and eventually joined Al-Qaeda gaining access...
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...В те редкие случаи, когда лидер ИГИЛ Абу Бакр аль-Багдади показывался на публике, его антураж напоминал что-то среднее между президентом и воровским авторитетом. «Когда он зашёл, мобильная связь исчезла» — рассказывает 29-летний житель Сирии — он попросил упоминать его в интервью только как Абу Али — мужчина вспоминает тот единственный случай, когда аль-Багдади зашёл в мечеть. «Вооружённая охрана оцепила территорию. Женщин отправили наверх, в женский молебен. Всех предупредили, что фотографировать или снимать на видео ничего нельзя. Ужасно нервная атмосфера». «Что сделало её (атмосферу более нервной), это когда Багдади наконец появился, одетый в чёрное с ног до головы…Охрана закричала: “Аллах акбар! Аллах акбар!” Всем стало ещё страшнее» — рассказывает Али. «Потом охрана заставила нас присягнуть ему на верность. Даже когда Багдади ушёл, никому из нас не было разрешено покидать мечеть в следующие полчаса». В своём родном городе Самарра, который находится в Суннитском треугольнике на севере от Багдада, аль-Багдади (настоящее имя — Ибрахим Аввад Ибрахим Али аль-Бадри) вспоминают по-разному. В родном городе его считали «очень тихим человеком», рассказывает бывший сосед, Тарик Хамид. «Он был миролюбив. Ему не нравилось подолгу разговаривать». Знакомые лидера ИГИЛ, под халифатом которого сейчас контролируется часть Ирака и Сирии, говорят, что аль-Багдади рос старательным, благочестивым и спокойным. Он был интровертом, без большого количества друзей. Хамид вспоминает его как мальчика...
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...Film is the new history book. Discussion board one: The Political cause of Prejudice. The underlying causes of a conflict are what make it intractable. Since each conflict is unique, there is no one underlying cause. That said there is one common denominator to all conflicts: they are all based on long-lasting and deep divisions upon politics and governance and their allied topics of human rights, justice, and so forth. Historically these caused many of the world’s most significant conflicts, and continue to do so in today’s society. As I look back through history at the major events that have shaped our world, WWI and II, the Kosovo crisis, Iraq, 911, and 7/7 bombing, I notice a common underlying cause: the influence of a government or political group. For example, during the late spring and early summer of 1994, almost a million Rwandans were killed by their fellow citizens. Almost all the Tutsi and many moderate Hutu were massacred by militant Hutus, urged on by the government. The government forced people into a mindset that caused the deaths of thousands of people. Another example would be the conflict between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland can be traced back to the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 which solidified Protestant control over the island. The protestant political parties caused outrage within the catholic community resulting in a ‘thirty years war’ between the two groups. More recently the war in Iraq Osama Bin Laden was a dictator whose political...
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...Terrorism, an unlawful use of violence, and a significant way to demonize innocent people. Major assaults of terrorism can be recalled as early as the dawn of time in our history. Unfortunately, terrorism still exists and it’s constantly occurring all over the globe. Many plead for a solution to cease these actions of brutality. ISIS is one of the many terrorist groups that was founded by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. In detail, the powerful militant group consists of Middle-Eastern Iraquians and Syrians. In 2004, the organization known as “Al Qaeda’ in Iraq formed, leaving traces of ISIS intel. Abu Musab, who was originally in Osama Bin Laden's Al Qaeda network, founded the militant group. In 2006, the founder Zarqawi was killed in a U.S air strike....
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...However, he was not considered leadership material by bin Laden. He is currently detained at Guantanamo Bay. Mohammad Atef al-Masri was in charge of military operations for the group in the 1990s, but his demise came in the form of a missile strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, in November 2001. A member of the outer circle, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is known as the supposed architect of 9/11, who was captured in 2003 in Pakistan. However, he was not overly loyal to bin Laden and attempted to further his own agenda. Captured in 2005, Abu Musab al-Suri was neither a friend nor trusted by bin Laden, but he believed in creating an Islamic caliphate. Saif al-Adel was a former Egyptian special forces officer. At one time, he was close to bin Laden. Anwar al-Awlaki was raised in Yemen but was the son of American parents. He became a star of jihad on the Internet, inspiring various plots. He was seen as a potential successor to al-Qa’ida. Jordanian-born Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was also known as ‘the butcher.’ He became the leader of al-Qa’ida in Iraq, and was known for disobeying bin Laden on a number of occasions. He videoed many beheadings of Muslims and instigated violence. He was killed in 2006 (Isaacs, 2005). ...
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...Name :Muhammad Musab Hussain ID:7601 Subject :MGM411 Human resource a,Analyze the job selected position and wirte their job description and job specification? Ans, description * Sales of companies goods and services * Building relationship with customers * Responsible for repeat sales of existing customers * Approaching customer with the aim of making new business deals * Presenting the product or service in a professional or structured way * Researching the market * Checking the inventory for products * Responding to incoming emails and phone calls * Attending team meeting and providing valuable feedback Specification * Strong sales skills * Communication skills * Bachelor’s degree * Master’s degree * Ability to multitask * Delivering revenue or exceeding target * 3 years minimum experience in sales * Organizational and time management skills * Negotiating and closing sales B,what method will you adopt for appointing a person on the selected position? Ans, 1. Top management approval 2. Advertisement development 3. Post advertisement on the news paper 4. Call the people for interviews 5. Conducts interviews 6. Select the people which best match the requirement 7. Further skim them 8. Conduct another interview 9. Upon approval select the final people for hiring 10. Conduct the physical examination 11. Hire people that pass the final test. c,how...
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..."scapegoating." 5 This is the concept that guilt and punishment can be transferred from those responsible for an evil act, to others who are innocent of that act. This theme is rarely -- if ever -- discussed in religious homilies or sermons. Yet it seems fundamentally unjust and evil according to every moral code that I have seen. By not holding perpretrators directly responsibility for their actions, innocent people become marginalized and denigrated. For example: When some Muslims think of Christianity in America, they think of Pastor Terry Jones of Dove World Outreach Center in Florida as a typical Christian. He burned a copy of the Qur'an. When some Christians think of Islam in the Middle East, they think of Bin Laden or Musab al-Zarqawi, leaders of Al-Qaeda, as typical Muslims. They confuse the beliefs or practices of an individual or a small minority of believers for the entire religion. As one example, in the minds of many Americans, responsibility for 9/11 terrorist attack has spread from 19 radical, violent, fundamentalist Muslims and their Al-Qaida handlers to all 1.6 billion followers of Islam. We ask our visitors to consider two items when reading this section of our website -- and for that matter all of the other 6,000 essays: The irrationality of blaming innocent persons for the sins of a tiny minority within their group. One of this web site's mottos is: "When some people deviate from reality, others are often hurt." When one refers...
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...May 23, 2013 Nick Farnsworth The 2003 Iraq War Operation Iraqi Freedom List sides, including U.S. allies: The Iraq war was an armed conflict that took place in the country of Iraq. The conflict consisted of two phases. The first was an invasion of Iraq to overthrow the then ruling Baathist Iraq government. The first phase of the invasion started on March, 20 2003 and was led by the United States and a collation of the following countries: United Kingdom; Australia; Poland; Peshmerga Collation Iraq Force; (Later becoming ruling government of Iraq during phase two of the war) It was followed by a longer phase of fighting, in which, other collation countries participated in the fighting against an insurgency force that opposed collation forces and the newly formed Iraqi government. The following 38 countries were the remaining collation forces that participated in phase two of the conflict: El Salvador; Estonia; Romania; Albania; Azerbaijan; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Czech Republic; Georgia; Kazakhstan; South Korea; Latvia; Lithuania Macedonia; Moldova; Mongolia; Macedonia; Moldova; Mongolia; Singapore; Thailand; Tonga; Ukraine; Denmark; Slovakia; Italy; Japan; Norway; Netherlands; Dominican Republic; Portugal; Honduras; Hungary; Iceland; New Zealand; Nicaragua; Philippines Spain. These collation forces were opposed during phase two of the war by the following military entities: Baath Party Loyalists; Supreme Command for Jihad and Liberation; Sunni Insurgents;...
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...Financing AL Qaeda * Myths of Al Qaeda financing * Funding comes from the personnel assets of Bin Ladin * Al Qaeda supports itself through international drug trade * Al Qaeda has funded itself through trading blood diamonds * Al Qaeda has the backing of any state * The Bush Administration's implication that Iraq was behind the Al Qaeda attacks was unfounded, as the September 11 Commission concluded in its 2004 report. A more comprehensive 2008 Pentagon report also found no connection between the Saddam Hussein regime and Al Qaeda. There is no evidence of Saudi backing either. Al Qaeda did have a safe haven in Afghanistan under the Taliban. Charities supporting Al Qaeda * The origins of Al Qaeda financing Trace back directly to the extensive recruitment and financing networks established during the Soviet/Afghani conflict. * These networks made extensive use of Muslim charitable organizations and businesses around the world. * As al Qaeda developed and transformed itself into an international terrorist movement, it established or infiltrated a series of international Muslim charities that could be used to collect and mask the funds it needed. * These funds were used for both humanitarian relief and to support al Qaeda activities. * Commonly imams at mosques diverted compulsory charitable donations known as zakat(a tax, comprising percentages of personal income of every kind, levied as almsgiving for...
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...McChrystal. Both of these generals were pivotal in what is commonly know as ‘the war on terrorism’. As a result of their leadership, many soldiers were influenced and subsequently inspired in battle. Thus, this paper will take a Brief look at the traits of leadership they displayed in shaping these two campaigns against terrorist networks. McChrystal commanded the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) for five years along with command of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). He spent most of his time in Afghanistan and Iraq. His most noteworthy accomplishments occurred in Iraq, where he personally led special operations. In June, 2006, his forces were responsible for the leader of Al0queda forces in Iraq, Abu-musab al-Zarqawi being tracked down and killed. In fact, after his team called in the air strike that killed al-Zarqawi, McChrystal personally accompanied his team to the bombed-out hut near Baqubah to identify the remains. This was but one of many examples of McChrystal getting out from the desk and applying ‘hands on’. This was to be his signature during his time in both Iraq and Afghanistan. To hear of him going out with his soldiers on raids was not out of the ordinary. Similarly, the following story helps to illustrate the kind of...
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...Islamic State and how Muslims are discriminated! An Islamic state (Arabic: الدولة الإسلامية ad-dawlah al-Islamiyah) is a type of government primarily based on the application of shari'a (Islamic law), dispensation of justice, maintenance of law and order. From the early years of Islam, numerous governments have been founded as "Islamic." However, the term "Islamic state" has taken on a more specific connotation since the 20th century. The jihadist group Islamic State (IS) burst on to the international scene in 2014 when it seized large swathes of territory in Syria and Iraq. It has become notorious for its brutality, including mass killings, abductions and beheadings. The group though has attracted support elsewhere in the Muslim world - and a US-led coalition has vowed to destroy it. The most brutal form of the Islamic state is the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL aka ISIS) which is a Sunni Muslim movement and gained ground in Iraq and Syria post fall of Saddam Hussain in Iraq. The group declared Abu-Bakr-Al-Baghdadi as the new Caliph. Its stated objective is to go back to the religious practices as it existed during the early years of Islam and bring the entire world under an Islamic rule (Dar-ul-Islam). The ISIL has been responsible for unleashing one of the most violent regimes including institutionalizing the system of sex slaves as booty of war, suppression of women and scientific education, persecution of the minorities as well as other non-Sunni believers...
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...3) Ingredienser i radikalisering: 1. Brændstof: sociale og politiske faktorer. Eksklusion. X: dansk-pakistaner. 2. Medspil: søgen efter et fællesskab 3. Retning: Ideologi og religion. X: dansk-pakistaner. 4. Trickeren: »Hvornår slår radikalisering over i vold? Det kan være en kort eller en lang proces. Kernen er, at der opstår en overbevisning om, at modstanderne er umennesker, og at de udgør en eksistentiel trussel mod dig, din identitet og det fællesskab, du er en del af. De, der radikaliserer, sænker barrieren for, hvad man menneskeligt er i stand til. De fremstiller også modstanderen, som om han kun forstår et sprog: Vold. Hvis du ikke går løs på ham - vil han gå løs på dig, lyder argumentet,« siger Anja Dalgaard-Nielsen. X: Paris-brødre. Syrien-hjernevask. 4) Stigning i radikalisering: Alene i 2014 havde Københavns Kommune 60 sager om unge københavnere i farezonen for at blive radikaliseret. Til sammenligning var der i alt 94 sager i de tre foregående år. Tallene dækker i ét tilfælde over højrenationalistisk radikalisering, mens størstedelen af sagerne knytter sig til islamisme og især de yderligtgående salafistiske grupper i hovedstaden. Størstedelen af henvendelser var i årets sidste tre måneder. I 26 tilfælde var bekymringen direkte, at de unge var på vej til kampene i Syrien og Irak eller ved at blive opfordret til at tage af sted. Ifølge kommunen er »et fåtal« af disse rejst ud. I dansk regi lyder den seneste melding fra efterretningstjenesten...
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...We have been focusing upon how those in terrorist leadership positions communicate their agenda to those within their organizations, their affiliates, and to the world at large. Focusing upon Osama bin Laden, how would you compare and contrast his ability to communicate and exert influence upon these various audiences from the years preceding 9/11 until his death? Summary Al Qaeda leaders and affiliates have conducted sophisticated public relations and media campaigns since the mid-1990s. Terrorism analysts believe that these campaigns have been designed to elicit psychological reactions and communicate complex political messages to a global audience as well as to specific subpopulations in the Islamic world, the United States, Europe, and Asia. Some officials and analysts believe that Al Qaeda’s messages contain signals that inform and instruct operatives to prepare for and carry out new attacks. Bin Laden and other leading Al Qaeda figures have referred to their public statements as important primary sources for parties seeking to understand Al Qaeda’s ideology and political demands. Global counterterrorism operations since 2001 appear to have limited Bin Laden’s ability to provide command and control leadership to Al Qaeda operatives and affiliated groups. Other Al Qaeda leaders and affiliates continue to release statements that encourage and provide guidance for terrorist operations. Iraq has become a focal point for jihadist rhetoric, underscoring Al Qaeda...
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...Terrorism of 21st Century Sabeena Singh DeVry University April 20, 2014 "Today, our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts. The victims were in airplanes or in their offices: secretaries, businessmen and women, military and federal workers, moms and dads, friends and neighbors. Thousands of lives were suddenly ended by evil, despicable acts of terror. The pictures of airplanes flying into buildings, fires burning, and -- huge structures collapsing have filled us with disbelief, terrible sadness, and a quiet, unyielding anger. These acts of mass murder were intended to frighten our nation into chaos and retreat. But they have failed. Our country is strong." George W. Bush Addressing the Nation on September 11, 2001. (Intellectual Takeout , 2014) During the 1990s, the end of the cold war led to an entirely new global security environment, marked by a focus on internal rather than inter-state wars. In the early 21st century, new global threats emerged. The attacks of 11 September 2001 on the United States clearly demonstrated the challenge of international terrorism, while subsequent events heightened concern about the proliferation of nuclear weapons and the dangers from other non-conventional weapons. The organizations of the UN system mobilized immediately in their respective spheres to step up action...
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