Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

(ISIL)

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria

(ISIS)
Islamic State of Iraq and as-Sham
Islamic State (ISS)
Daesh
Al-Qaeda
Salafi jihadist extremist militant

group
Self-proclaimed

caliphate
Led and mainly composed of Sunni

Arabs from Iraq and Syria

Main goal: establish a caliphate
First offensive attack: 2014
Designated
as
a
terrorist

Islamic

state

Libyan

rebels

Al-Qaeda

jihadists
Allh Akbar : God is greater

and

organization by the United Nations,

the European Union, etc
ISILs Origins

Launched by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi

Killed in a targeted strike by
USA
Flourished because of the 2003 Iraq
invasion
For

President

Bush,

weapons of mass destruction,

end

Saddam

(USA) helped build ISIS.

the

invasion was to disarm Iraq of

to

Gen Tom Mclnerney: We

Hussein's

ISIS Attacks

Islamic mosques, civilians, Iraqi

support for terrorism, and to

free the Iraqi people
21 days of combat operations
Troops
from
USA,
UK,
Australia, and Poland invaded
Iraq.

2011
Muammar Gaddafi, the leader
of the Libyan government, was
overthrown

by

Obama

and

Suicide attacks on Shia

government institutions
Beheaded US hostage Steven Sotloff
Executed two Japanese hostages
2014 Australian terror raids
Jewish Museum of Belgium shooting
2014 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu

ramming attack
2014 shootings at Parliament Hill,

Ottawa
Fontenay-aux-Roses and Montrouge

shootings
2015 Corinthia Hotel attack
Porte de Vincennes hostage crisis

Libyan rebels.