TERRORISM'S GEOGRAPHY
Hi guys, today I'm going to talk about Isis. At the moment Isis is one of the world's biggest terrorist threats.
BACKGROUND:
Isis are known as an extremist group of Muslims who have been catergorised by the UN, The EU, The UK, The US, Australia, Canada, Turkey, The UAE and Saudi Arabia as a terrorist organisation.
Isis originated as Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad in 1999, which was renamed Tanzim Qaidat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn commonly known as al-Qaeda in Iraq in 2004. Following the 2003 invasion of Iraq, al-Qaeda took part in the Iraqi insurgency. In 2006, it joined other Sunni insurgent groups to form the Mujahideen Shura Council, which consolidated further into the Islamic State of Iraq shortly afterwards.
Isis have come recently into the spotlight as they have been capturing prisoners and beheading them.
It is known that at least 10 kurds, 2 American journalists, 1 American and 2 British aid workers and 3 Libyans. there has also been an unknown amount of Syrians and Iraqis who have been killed. They have also killed several Lebanese soldiers.
Geography of Isis:
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, otherwise known as Isis, from their name state that they are based in Iraq and Syria, but they also operate in Libya, the Sinai peninsula Egypt and in other areas of the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia.
my references: wikipedia
