Leader: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

-most wanted man

-he was born in the Sunni city of Samarra in Iraq in 1971.
-Became the leader in 2010
-Baghdadi was once an inmate at Camp Bucca - a US prison in southern Iraq - and may
have become radicalised during his time there.
-his name was Hisham Mohammad when he was an at home dad
-most powerful jihadist
-was a university lecturer before he was the leader of ISIS
-Former Saddam Hussein followers

Terrorist attacks: Since 2014 there has been at least 90 terrorist attacks in 21 countries October 22, 2014- Michael Zehaf-Bibeau opened fire at Canadas National War
Memorial, killing reservist Cpl. Nathan Cirillo. Later killed by Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin
Vickers.
December 2, 2015- Tashfeen Malik and Syed Rizwan Farook shot 14 people to
death and injured 21 others in a shooting in San Bernardino, California. They were killed
in a shootout with the police. Malik had pledged allegiance to ISIS over Facebook.
May 24, 2014- Three people are killed and others seriously injured in a shooting
in Brussels, Belgium. Shooter Mehdi Nemmouche was arrested. He had spent a year in
Syria and is considered a radicalized Islamist.
November 2015: ISIS brought down a Russian plane killing 244 people on board.
Countries against ISIS:
United States
France
Russia
Germany
Italy
Australia
Britain
United Kingdom

Why it was created:

Founded in 1999
Started to gain traction in 2003 when the US invaded Iraq.
Was formed to spread and Islamic Slate across the world
Origin of ISIS:
Different names for the group:
ISIS- Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
ISIL- Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Greater Syria)
IS- Islamic State
Daesh
Came from US invasion of Iraq in 2003
US administrators tried to de-Baathify Iraqi citizens, Sunnis (who
were loyal to Saddam Hussein) were left without a job and were mad
Formed Al Qaeda in Iraq to fight back against US
US surge in 2007- Shiite government in Baghdad reached out to
Sunnis to reject AQI
Uprising against Syria- AQI traveled from Iraq to Syria frequently
to resupply
When Assad, Syrian leader, gassed and killed his people, AQI
decided to establish their presence in Syria, changing their name to ISIS
Al Qaeda was angered by them moving into Syria, only wanted
one Al Qaeda group there
Al Qaeda and ISIS fought a mini-war and officially separated into
Al Qaeda and ISIS
When was ISIS founded

Started in 1999 and started to really get big in 2003.

More than 170,000 lives have been claimed by ISIS.

Videos;
This video, provided by CNN, explains how the United States has been secretly
interrogating a man who they believe is in charge of obtaining chemical weapons for
ISIS to use.
This video, provided by CNN, explains how ISIS sends messages through
videos, some being much more violent than others.
This video, shows one man's story on how he got away from an ISIS attack.
This video, explains most of the information on what ISIS wants and why.

ISIS shown killing spies in Syria

The bigger circles show 3 events and the small circles show 1 event

This is a teen girl who left Australia to join ISIS. She was used as a sex slave to new soldiers.

Al Qaeda

Background Info
Al Qaeda was founded in 1988 by Osama Bin Laden and Mamdouh Mahmud
Salim. After Bin Ladens death, Ayman al-Zawahiri was elected leader of Al Qaeda.
Country of origin was Afghanistan and Pakistan; later moved to Sudan
Allies: Taliban, Egyptian Islamic Jihad, Turkistan Islamic Party
Enemies: Anyone non Islamic and who ever has freedom.
Who was involved: Al Qaeda was involved with people who are against the US
government primarily. This group is made of extremists of the Islamic belief. Each
member had to say a pledge to al Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden, which is called the
bayat.
1993 October 26, They kill US Soldiers in Somalia.
1998 June 25, Truck bombing at Khobar Towers barracks in Dhahran, Saudi
Arabia, killed 19 Americans.
1998 August 8, Bombing of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania; 224 killed,
including 12 Americans.
1999 December 13, Plot to bomb millennium celebrations in Seattle foiled when
customs agents arrest an Algerian smuggling explosives into the U.S.
2000 December 1-3, Bombing of the USS Cole in port in Yemen; 17 U.S. sailors
killed.
2001 September 11, Destruction of WTC; attack on Pentagon. Total dead 2,992.
March 17 2002, Al Qaida attack churches in Islamabad.
This is 0nly a few out of the thousands of attacks that went on.

Taliban
-Areas of operation- Pakistan, Afghanistan
-Leaders- Mohammed Omar, Baitullah Mehsud, Hamid Gul, Abdul Ghani Baradar Taliban
-Founded Oct 10th 1994

(Abdul Ghani Baradar)

(Mohammed Omar)

(Baitullah Mehsud)

(Hamid Gul)

-Mujahidin (from whom the Taliban evolved from).

-The Taliban emerged in the early 1990s in northern Pakistan following the withdrawal of Soviet
troops from Afghanistan. Soviet Union Invaded Afghanistan.
-Taliban came to prominence in Afghanistan in the autumn of 1994.
-Mainly supported by ethnic Pashtuns
-Afghan Civil War, War in Afghanistan, (2015-Present)
-Kind of like Al Qaeda, They take credit for things they didnt do.
-November 1994 - The Taliban seizes the city of Kandahar.