Sems Pro Case

We affirm the resolution: Committing United States ground combat

troops to fight ISIL is in the best interest of the United States
The role of the ballot is to decide which team acts in the best interest
of the United States.

Analysis
Iraq has called for more support in the fight against ISIL
Associated Press April 13th 2015
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/iraqs-premier-support-needed-finish30276123

Iraq's prime minister said Monday his country needs greater support from the
international coalition so it can "finish" the Islamic State group . Haider al-Abadi said the
"marked increase" in airstrikes, weapons deliveries and training has helped roll back the
extremist group, but that more is required to eliminate the group once and for all. "We want to see more,"
al-Abadi told journalists as he boarded a flight to Washington where he will meet with President Barack Obama as part of his first official
visit to the U.S. as prime minister. "We can finish Daesh...and we can stop their advance in other countries," he added, using the group's Arabic
acronym. " We

are the only country with armed forces on the ground fighting Daesh. We
need all the support of the world ." The US and its coalition allies have carried out nearly 2,000 strikes in Iraq since its
campaign began in August as well as nearly 1,400 in neighboring Syria. American officials say the campaign has been somewhat
successful, though it is likely to stretch on for years . In November, Obama authorized the deployment of up to 1,500 more
American troops to bolster Iraqi forces, which could more than double the total number of U.S. forces to 3,100. The Pentagon has made a spending
request to Congress of $1.6 billion, focusing on training and arming Iraqi and Kurdish forces. According to a Pentagon document prepared in
November, the U.S. is looking to provide an estimated $89.3 million worth of weapons and other equipment to each of the nine Iraqi army brigades.
Earlier this month, Iraqi forces and allied Shiite militias, backed by U.S. airstrikes, were able to recapture the city of Tikrit from the Sunni militants in
what was the government's first major victory in Iraq's Sunni heartland. In an interview with The Associated Press in January, al-Abadi said that Iraq
was battling the Islamic State militants "almost on our own," adding that "there is a lot being said and spoken, but very little on the ground." His tone
ahead of his visit to Washington Monday was noticeably more positive, describing international support as making "good progress." Iraqi officials
believe the Islamic State group is coming under increasing pressure and does not have the same strength, funds or resources as last June when the
militants launched their lighting offensive across northern Iraq and captured the city of Mosul. Over

the weekend, Iraqi forces,

backed by coalition airstrikes, repelled an IS attack on Iraq's largest refinery in the town of Beiji .
"Daesh (has) an urgent necessity for oil for its use and also for money," said Iraq's Oil Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi, who was part of the delegation
traveling to Washington with al-Abadi. Al-Abadi also said Iraq's relationship with neighboring Iran is "very balanced" and that those at odds with Iran
should not "throw their problems on us." Both the United States and Iran are helping Iraq battle the Islamic State group, but insist they are not
coordinating their actions on the battlefield. Iranian generals and advisers have played an unusually public role in recent battles, particularly in Tikrit,
collaborating with senior Iraqi military officials on the front lines. Several countries in the region have accused Iran of meddling in the affairs of Arab
nations most recently in Yemen, where Shiite rebels backed by Iran have taken over the government, prompting a coalition of Sunni Arab nations to
launch an ongoing airstrike campaign.

Relying on status quo forces would create the conditions for longterm instability.
Kagan March 2015, Kimberly, Kagan, Frederick W., and Lewis, Jessica D. A strategy to
defeat the Islamic state. Institute for the Study of War. Sept 2014. Web. 3 March 2015.
http://www.criticalthreats.org/sites/default/files/pdf_upload/Defeating_ISIS_stra
tegy_report.pdf

Meeting this challenge requires centering operations within the Sunni Arab community rather than strengthening Shia and
Kurdish forces that are alien and threatening to that community. A

strategy of basing in Kurdistan and Shia Iraq

and providing air support to Kurdish troops and ISF forces intermingled with Shia militias and
Iranian advisers may achieve some initial successes, but will ultimately fail . The prospect of
Kurdish domination over Ninewa Province, including Mosul, and of the permanent Kurdish

seizure of Kirkuk, could well spark an ethnic Arab-Kurdish war. ISIS has been working
actively to stoke those ethnic tensions in order to provoke precisely such a conflict, which would
allow it to embed itself more deeply among an embattled Arab populace. Merely strengthening
Iraqi Security Forces that are rightly seen as Shia dominated and militia-infiltrated may
also achieve short-term gains, but at the cost of setting conditions for an even
larger Sunni Arab mobilization against perceived Shia domination that would create
new opportunities for ISIS or a successor group to establish itself.

American Ground troops are necessary to fully uproot ISIL

*Troops key to destroying ISIS and retaking territory
*Airpower cant win the war
*Iraqi forces arent winning

Washington Times 2014 http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/sep/11/usground-troops-needed-to-defeat-islamic-state-in/?page=all

Trying to uproot and destroy the Islamic State s army of terrorists in Iraq without
American ground troops is doomed to failure , national security experts say. What a waste of time, said
Larry Johnson, a former CIA analyst [said]. We have not learned a thing in 80 years. [The Islamic State] is an army. The air
power is not going to get the job done. Until you put troops in and kill these guys, theyre going
to continue. They adjust to tactics. They meld into [the] civilian population. Relying on the Iraqi
security forces, even with front-line U.S. air power, is iffy at best, because Iraqi troops have
conducted mass retreats rather than standing and fighting in major battlefield offensives . an Army
officer in the Pentagon [said]: Air power alone cannot win wars. But with troops on the ground we
can rapidly defeat ISIS . Gen. Keane said that If the U.S.-led coalition conducts a very aggressive air campaign that hits ISIS hard,
sustained and simultaneous[ly] in Iraq and Syria, then ISIS will lose freedom of movement [and] initiative, and will become defensive. However,

defeat requires a ground counteroffensive to retake lost territory.

IMPACTS
No other impacts matter, we will win that defeating ISIS as quickly as
possible should frame your decision. They present multiple unique
and probable scenarios for existential risk

ISIS causes nuclear war

Atkinson 7/15
(Laurelle Russell-Atkinson is an independent political analyst specializing in geopolitics and the
Middle East, with degrees in the field from the Australian National University. She is currently
writing her second book, "Middle Eastern Conflicts: Root Causes and Causal Resolve,"
subsequent to attending the Esfahan University in Iran, where she presented two papers on the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Australian Foreign Policy and Iran. She has applied causal
analysis to Middle Eastern conflicts for 25 years, providing policy advice for government and
foreign diplomats. ISIS and WMD: New Danger in the Middle East, July 15, 2014,
http://www.worldpress.org/Mideast/4019.cfm)//JHH
"The Islamic State decided to establish an Islamic caliphate and to designate a caliph for the state of the Muslims," Abu Mohammad
al-Adnani, a spokesman for ISIS (the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria), said recently. The self-proclaimed "caliphate" is hardly likely
to be recognized by the international community as any form of state. Nevertheless, jihadists

take the caliphate within

Syria and Iraq as a legitimate Islamic Republic with one leadera military dictator . Based on
confrontation and warfare, the caliphate has only one foreseeable raison d'tre: ongoing conflict
within the state system . The entire earth belongs to Muslims, alleges its despotic leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. On
that basis he's called all Muslims to immigrate to his "Islamic State." How did this dangerous turn in Middle Eastern conflicts arise?
Militias in the region are increasing. Likewise, political voids and civil wars have developed. And underpinning it all is a long history
of military interventions by Western democracies. Russia, Europe and the West have been flooding the region with military apparel
for decades. And more recently, sending U.S. military trainers to conflict zones now seems practically protocol. In Iraq, current MPs
are backed by militias. In Syria and Iraq, ISIS forces are empowered with abandoned U.S. military equipment. Who knows how
much strategy, bomb-making skills and basic fighting abilities have been gleaned and applied by sectarian forces in the region via
Western interventions? One thing is clear, though. Today there

exists an all-pervasive animus sweeping Syria,

Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel and beyond. "Clearly when the Iraqi commander believed in the mission, he would find the
forces to make it happen," wrote Lieutenant Colonel Carl D. Grunow, senior U.S. Army adviser to an Iraqi Army armored brigade in
June 2006. Needless to say, instead of developing political cohesion among tribal and sectarian schisms, sectarianism is rife. And
today in Iraq and Syria, overcoming the "infidel" seems to be the only unifying direction of radical forces. "Define the enemy and
unite to fight the enemy" has seemed like a mantra at the heart of Western military training. That phrase seems to have resounded
with jihadists. The language the jihadist would use, however, is "overcoming the infidel." Is this not two sides of the same coin?
What is an infidel if not a defined enemy? Instilling this idea of defining and uniting against the enemy into Iraqis and Afghanis by
Western military trainers could quite logically have radicalized many latent sectarian forces into ISIS jihadists. Where has been the
training in parliamentary discourse by Western democracies? Where have been the venues for political expression by all sectors of
the community? Recently there have been contradictory reports about whether ISIS forces have uncovered a complex with
stockpiles of WMD in Iraq. "We do not believe that the complex contains CW materials of military value," the U.S. State Department
said on the ISIS matter of WMD discovery. They express concern, but both the CIA and the United Kingdom have admitted
downplaying the issue to waylay fears on the ground in Iraq. "It is doubtful that ISIS has the expertise to use a fully functioning
chemical munition, but there are materials on site that could be used in an improvised explosive device," Hamish de BrettonGordon, a former commander of Britain's chemical weapons regiment, said on the issue. However,

ISIS could well have

the expertise to develop useable WMDs , if not now, in the foreseeable future. The West underestimates the
capabilities of local militias at their peril. The underestimation of local forces and over-estimation of
Western invincibility, by the United States specifically, is surely a central reason why ISIS has
designated conquered territory in Syria and Iraq a caliphate. A former commander of Britain's chemical
weapons regiment has warned, "We have seen that ISIS has used chemicals in explosions in Iraq before and

has carried out experiments in Syria." ISIS bears the hallmarks to wreak greater havoc. One, there is
a despotic nature to the ISIS leadership. Two, ISIS is comprised of radicalized forces radical enough that al
Qaeda has distanced themselves from ISIS. And three, there are many engineers amongst ISIS. Is it
thus likely that concrete bunkers would impede such a militant group from an objective of conquering the world via massive
destruction? They

seem hell-bent on using any force at their disposal regardless of the

consequences. In his article for Townhall.com titled "Obama hands ISIS WMD," John Nantz warned that if mustard and
sarin agents are present in Iraq, then the remnants of a nuclear program are possibly there as
well. Whether ISIS has access to one such program could really be a matter of time. Already ISIS has uncovered 40 kg
of nuclear material from Mosul University. "In 2003 we proposed the U.N. to get rid of WMD in the entire Middle
East, but the U.S. was against the proposal," Syrian President Bashar al Assad said in an interview last September. Hard to believe
given the conflict raging in and around Syria today under his watch. Even so, establishing a WMD-free zone (WMDFZ) in the Middle
East could be gaining approval in the region. According to the Arms Control Association, there's extensive international support for
a WMDFZ in the Middle East. There are also resolutions endorsed by all regional states there, with one highly contentious exception.
Apparently, a WMD-free zone in the Middle East faces enormous obstacles from Israel. Israel is one of four non-parties to the NonProliferation Treaty. Israel has up to 400 nuclear weapons, some thermonuclear with a megaton range. The WMDFZ is blocked by
sharp disagreements involving Israel over the terms and means to establish it. While acknowledging the WMDFZ would mean
durable peace, Israel expects its establishment to comply with international obligations by states in the region with respect to Israel.
Yet Arab states say the establishment of a WMDFZ would of itself contribute to peaceful relations. For that reason alone, a WMDFZ
precludes any obeisance by them towards Israel. Israel, in its constant state of defense, won't accept that. Israel perceives security
threats from Iran, Syria and other neighboring Arab countries and thus feels justified in spending $71.3 billion on yet more defense
over the next three years. And so it goesmore weapons flooding the region, more conflict and more chance radicals will get their
hands on WMD and use them. Not to mention Israel with its 400 nuclear weapons retaliating. Complicating matters on a WMDFZ
is Israel's relationship with Palestinians and, by extension, Iran. This strongly suggests that a security resolution between the
Palestinians and Israel is now vital. A collective security arrangement involving strict geopolitical regulation of weapons and their
industry in the region should culminate in a WMDFZ. What

are the alternatives to prevent the worst-case

scenario of a nuclear war in the Middle East ?

ISIS has weaponized bubonic plague extinction

FP 8/29
(Foreign Policy, Laptop reportedly seized from ISIS hideout hints at bio weapons attack,
August 29, 2014, http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/08/29/laptop-reportedly-seized-fromisis-hideout-hints-at-biological-weapons/)//JHH
A laptop reportedly recovered from an Islamic State jihadist contained a hidden trove of secret
plans, including weaponizing the bubonic plague , and lessons on disguise, bomb-making
and stealing cars. A man identified by ForeignPolicy.com as Abu Ali, a commander of a moderate Syrian rebel group in
northern Syria, told the publication the black laptop was seized earlier this year in a raid on an ISIS hideout in
the Syrian province of Idlib, close to the border with Turkey, and belonged to a Tunisian jihadist. "We found the laptop and the
power cord in a room," Ali told ForeignPolicy.com. "I took it with me." Initially, it appeared the computer had been scrubbed, but
on closer inspection, thousands of secret files were discovered on the hard drive , which was not password
protected, Ali said. ForeignPolicy.com was permitted to copy of thousands of files, which were in French, English, and Arabic. The
information included videos of Usama bin Laden, ideological justifications for jihad and tutorials on how to carry out the Islamic
State's deadly campaigns. But most chilling were files that indicated the

computer's owner, identified as a

Tunisian national named Muhammed S. who joined ISIS in Syria after studying chemistry and physics
at two universities in Tunisia, was teaching himself how to manufacture biological
weapons , in preparation for a potential attack that could have been catastrophic on a
global scale . A 19-page document in Arabic included instructions on how to develop biological
weapons and how to weaponize the bubonic plague from infected animals. "The
advantage of biological weapons is that they do not cost a lot of money, while the human
casualties can be huge," the document states. The document includes instructions for testing the
weaponized plague before using it to attack. "When the microbe is injected in small mice, the symptoms of the
disease should start to appear within 24 hours," the document says. While some Islamic scholars have said the use of weapons of

mass destruction is prohibited, the material on the seized computer included a fatwa, or Islamic ruling, permitting it. "If

Muslims cannot defeat the kafir [unbelievers] in a different way, it is permissible to use weapons
of mass destruction," states the fatwa by Saudi jihadi cleric Nasir al-Fahd, who is currently imprisoned in Saudi Arabia.
"Even if it kills all of them and wipes them and their descendants off the face of the Earth ."

Rebu
Dont make the good the enemy of the perfect. Even if the resolution
isnt 100% perfect, it is still better than the status quo.

IMPACTS
No other impacts matter, we will win that defeating ISIS as quickly as
possible should frame your decision. They present multiple unique
and probable scenarios for existential risk

ISIS causes nuclear war

Atkinson 2014
(Laurelle Russell-Atkinson is an independent political analyst specializing in geopolitics and the
Middle East, with degrees in the field from the Australian National University. She is currently
writing her second book, "Middle Eastern Conflicts: Root Causes and Causal Resolve,"
subsequent to attending the Esfahan University in Iran, where she presented two papers on the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Australian Foreign Policy and Iran. She has applied causal
analysis to Middle Eastern conflicts for 25 years, providing policy advice for government and
foreign diplomats. ISIS and WMD: New Danger in the Middle East, July 15, 2014,
http://www.worldpress.org/Mideast/4019.cfm)//JHH
"The Islamic State decided to establish an Islamic caliphate and to designate a caliph for the state of the Muslims," Abu Mohammad
al-Adnani, a spokesman for ISIS (the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria), said recently. The self-proclaimed "caliphate" is hardly likely
to be recognized by the international community as any form of state. Nevertheless, jihadists

take the caliphate within

Syria and Iraq as a legitimate Islamic Republic with one leadera military dictator . Based on
confrontation and warfare, the caliphate has only one foreseeable raison d'tre: ongoing conflict
within the state system . The entire earth belongs to Muslims, alleges its despotic leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. On
that basis he's called all Muslims to immigrate to his "Islamic State." How did this dangerous turn in Middle Eastern conflicts arise?
Militias in the region are increasing. Likewise, political voids and civil wars have developed. And underpinning it all is a long history
of military interventions by Western democracies. Russia, Europe and the West have been flooding the region with military apparel
for decades. And more recently, sending U.S. military trainers to conflict zones now seems practically protocol. In Iraq, current MPs
are backed by militias. In Syria and Iraq, ISIS forces are empowered with abandoned U.S. military equipment. Who knows how
much strategy, bomb-making skills and basic fighting abilities have been gleaned and applied by sectarian forces in the region via
Western interventions? One thing is clear, though. Today there

exists an all-pervasive animus sweeping Syria,

Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel and beyond. "Clearly when the Iraqi commander believed in the mission, he would find the
forces to make it happen," wrote Lieutenant Colonel Carl D. Grunow, senior U.S. Army adviser to an Iraqi Army armored brigade in
June 2006. Needless to say, instead of developing political cohesion among tribal and sectarian schisms, sectarianism is rife. And
today in Iraq and Syria, overcoming the "infidel" seems to be the only unifying direction of radical forces. "Define the enemy and
unite to fight the enemy" has seemed like a mantra at the heart of Western military training. That phrase seems to have resounded
with jihadists. The language the jihadist would use, however, is "overcoming the infidel." Is this not two sides of the same coin?
What is an infidel if not a defined enemy? Instilling this idea of defining and uniting against the enemy into Iraqis and Afghanis by
Western military trainers could quite logically have radicalized many latent sectarian forces into ISIS jihadists. Where has been the
training in parliamentary discourse by Western democracies? Where have been the venues for political expression by all sectors of
the community? Recently there have been contradictory reports about whether ISIS forces have uncovered a complex with
stockpiles of WMD in Iraq. "We do not believe that the complex contains CW materials of military value," the U.S. State Department
said on the ISIS matter of WMD discovery. They express concern, but both the CIA and the United Kingdom have admitted
downplaying the issue to waylay fears on the ground in Iraq. "It is doubtful that ISIS has the expertise to use a fully functioning
chemical munition, but there are materials on site that could be used in an improvised explosive device," Hamish de BrettonGordon, a former commander of Britain's chemical weapons regiment, said on the issue. However,

ISIS could well have

the expertise to develop useable WMDs , if not now, in the foreseeable future. The West underestimates the
capabilities of local militias at their peril. The underestimation of local forces and over-estimation of
Western invincibility, by the United States specifically, is surely a central reason why ISIS has
designated conquered territory in Syria and Iraq a caliphate. A former commander of Britain's chemical
weapons regiment has warned, "We have seen that ISIS has used chemicals in explosions in Iraq before and

has carried out experiments in Syria." ISIS bears the hallmarks to wreak greater havoc. One, there is
a despotic nature to the ISIS leadership. Two, ISIS is comprised of radicalized forcesradical enough that al
Qaeda has distanced themselves from ISIS. And three, there are many engineers amongst ISIS. Is it
thus likely that concrete bunkers would impede such a militant group from an objective of conquering the world via massive
destruction? They

seem hell-bent on using any force at their disposal regardless of the

consequences. In his article for Townhall.com titled "Obama hands ISIS WMD," John Nantz warned that if mustard and
sarin agents are present in Iraq, then the remnants of a nuclear program are possibly there as
well. Whether ISIS has access to one such program could really be a matter of time. Already ISIS has uncovered
40 kg of nuclear material from Mosul University. "In 2003 we proposed the U.N. to get rid of WMD in the
entire Middle East, but the U.S. was against the proposal," Syrian President Bashar al Assad said in an interview last September.
Hard to believe given the conflict raging in and around Syria today under his watch. Even so, establishing a WMD-free zone
(WMDFZ) in the Middle East could be gaining approval in the region. According to the Arms Control Association, there's extensive
international support for a WMDFZ in the Middle East. There are also resolutions endorsed by all regional states there, with one
highly contentious exception. Apparently, a WMD-free zone in the Middle East faces enormous obstacles from Israel. Israel is one
of four non-parties to the Non-Proliferation Treaty. Israel has up to 400 nuclear weapons, some thermonuclear with a megaton
range. The WMDFZ is blocked by sharp disagreements involving Israel over the terms and means to establish it. While
acknowledging the WMDFZ would mean durable peace, Israel expects its establishment to comply with international obligations by
states in the region with respect to Israel. Yet Arab states say the establishment of a WMDFZ would of itself contribute to peaceful
relations. For that reason alone, a WMDFZ precludes any obeisance by them towards Israel. Israel, in its constant state of defense,
won't accept that. Israel perceives security threats from Iran, Syria and other neighboring Arab countries and thus feels justified in
spending $71.3 billion on yet more defense over the next three years. And so it goesmore weapons flooding the region, more
conflict and more chance radicals will get their hands on WMD and use them. Not to mention Israel with its 400 nuclear weapons
retaliating. Complicating matters on a WMDFZ is Israel's relationship with Palestinians and, by extension, Iran. This strongly
suggests that a security resolution between the Palestinians and Israel is now vital. A collective security arrangement involving strict
geopolitical regulation of weapons and their industry in the region should culminate in a WMDFZ. What

are the
alternatives to prevent the worst-case scenario of a nuclear war in the Middle East ?

ISIS has weaponized bubonic plague extinction

Foreign Policy 2014
(Foreign Policy, Laptop reportedly seized from ISIS hideout hints at bio weapons attack,
August 29, 2014, http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/08/29/laptop-reportedly-seized-fromisis-hideout-hints-at-biological-weapons/)
A laptop reportedly recovered from an Islamic State jihadist contained a hidden trove of secret
plans, including weaponizing the bubonic plague , and lessons on disguise, bomb-making
and stealing cars. A man identified by ForeignPolicy.com as Abu Ali, a commander of a moderate Syrian rebel group in
northern Syria, told the publication the black laptop was seized earlier this year in a raid on an ISIS hideout in
the Syrian province of Idlib, close to the border with Turkey, and belonged to a Tunisian jihadist. "We found the laptop and the
power cord in a room," Ali told ForeignPolicy.com. "I took it with me." Initially, it appeared the computer had been scrubbed, but
on closer inspection, thousands of secret files were discovered on the hard drive , which was not password
protected, Ali said. ForeignPolicy.com was permitted to copy of thousands of files, which were in French, English, and Arabic. The
information included videos of Usama bin Laden, ideological justifications for jihad and tutorials on how to carry out the Islamic
State's deadly campaigns. But most chilling were files that indicated the

computer's owner, identified as a

Tunisian national named Muhammed S. who joined ISIS in Syria after studying chemistry and physics
at two universities in Tunisia, was teaching himself how to manufacture biological
weapons , in preparation for a potential attack that could have been catastrophic on a
global scale . A 19-page document in Arabic included instructions on how to develop biological
weapons and how to weaponize the bubonic plague from infected animals. "The
advantage of biological weapons is that they do not cost a lot of money, while the human
casualties can be huge," the document states. The document includes instructions for testing the
weaponized plague before using it to attack. "When the microbe is injected in small mice, the symptoms of the
disease should start to appear within 24 hours," the document says. While some Islamic scholars have said the use of weapons of

mass destruction is prohibited, the material on the seized computer included a fatwa, or Islamic ruling, permitting it. "If

Muslims [ISIS] cannot defeat the kafir [unbelievers] in a different way, it is permissible to use
weapons of mass destruction," states the fatwa by Saudi jihadi cleric Nasir al-Fahd, who is currently imprisoned in Saudi
Arabia. "Even if it kills all of them and wipes them and their descendants off the face of the
Earth ."

Russia will give them WMDs

Lock 8/5
(Helen Lock, Isis plans to seize Irans nuclear secrets, attack caviar industry, ruin carpets,
10/5/14, http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-manifesto-revealsislamic-states-plans-to-seize-irans-nuclear-secrets-attack-caviar-industry-ruin-afghan-carpets9775418.html)//JHH
Leaders of the extremist group, Isis (Islamic State) wish to obtain nuclear weapons, and have chilling plans for a
campaign of ethnic cleansing against Shiite Muslims, the Sunday Times has reported. The list of ambitions was found in a
manifesto-style document, which has 70 proposals. Other more bizarre plans included an aim to destroy Irans famous caviar
industry and damage its carpet industry by flooding the market with Afghan carpet makers. The document was taken during a raid
in March from an Isis commanders home by Iraqi Special Forces. Security officials believe it to be authentic and it is allegedly
written by Abdullah Ahmed al-Meshedani one of the most senior members of the militant group. One of the suggestions made was
for Isis

to offer the Russian Kremlin access to the gas fields it controls in Iraq in return for Russia
giving up Iran and its nuclear programme and hand over its secrets. In order for this to happen, it says
that Russia would have to stop supporting Syrias president Bashar-al-Assad and back the gulf-states against Iran. In order to
further the militant groups plans for power and land to establish an Islamic Caliphate the document calls for Iran to be stripped
of all its power. The author of the document calls for the assassination of Iranian diplomats, businessmen and teachers, and incites
followers to kill Iraqi military chiefs, Shiite officials and Iranian-backed militias as well. The Sunday Times report says that military
officials have known and feared that Isis want to obtain nuclear weapons . The Home Secretary Theresa May said in her
speech at the Conservative Party conference that if Isis consolidates power in Iraq and Syria it would become the worlds first truly
terrorist state. If

that were to occur, May said, we will see the risk.the terrorists will acquire
chemical , biological or even nuclear weapons .

Independently, theyll use dirty bombs

Chiaramonte 7/19
(Perry Chiaramonte, Stolen uranium compounds not only dirty bomb ingredients within ISIS'
grasp, say experts, 7/19/14, http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/07/19/stolen-uraniumcompounds-not-only-dirty-bomb-ingredients-within-isis-grasp/)//JHH
Plenty of materials for a potential dirty bomb are likely scattered throughout the area of Iraq
controlled by ISIS, and pulling off an attack that spreads even a minor amount of radiation could
be a huge PR coup for the terror group, experts told FoxNews.com. Last week, the Iraqi government in Baghdad warned the
UN that ISIS operatives had stolen 88 pounds of uranium compounds from Mosul University. Even
though many experts said the research materials were not enough to cause widespread harm, spreading fear is even more
important to terrorists than a big body count, one terrorism expert said. And with ISIS in control of a huge swath of
northern Iraq and parts of Syria that includes research labs, hospitals and industrial sites, ingredients for radiationspreading bombs are within its grasp. "Obtaining radiological material from places like universities or hospitals
is relatively easy if you have the firepower, a chaotic situation and jihadists willing to sacrifice their health handling it, said Ryan
Mauro, national security analyst for The Clarion Project, a think tank that studies Islamic extremism. We aren't talking about
producing a nuclear bomb; just combining an explosive with radioactive material." Dirty bombs explosives that propel lower-level
radioactive materials into the air - are far less dangerous than bombs that deliver weaponized nuclear radiation. But that doesnt
mean they cant be an effective tool for terror. The bomb itself is more theoretical than threat, because to date, none is known to ever
have been successfully detonated. In fact, there are only two recorded cases of dirty bombs being made, both by Chechen separatists
in Russia, but neither was detonated. In 2006, UK national Dhiren Barot pleaded guilty to conspiring to attack targets in his

country and the U.S. with dirty bombs, targeting parking garages as well as the New York Stock Exchange, the CitiBank building in
Manhattan, and the Prudential building in Newark, N.J. In 2002, Jose Padilla, an Islamic convert and suspected Al Qaeda
associate, was arrested on suspicion of plotting a dirty bomb attack and held for three years as an enemy combatant. Those charges
were later dropped, but Padilla remains in a federal prison on other charges. ISIS claims to have established a caliphate called
Islamic State under strict Sharia law in a vast region stretching from northeastern Syria into much of Iraq's north, including the
major cities of Fallujah, Tikrit and Mosul. Those cities and other ones under the group's control include hospitals, research facilities
and industrial sites. The uranium compounds that were stolen from the science research labs of Mosul University were
heavily diluted, and several experts downplayed their effectiveness even for a dirty bomb. But having captured a huge part of Iraq,
one of the worlds most feared terrorist organizations could easily get its hands on hospital waste, mining materials and other
research equipment that, coupled with a conventional explosive, could

produce a dirty bomb.