Trouble in Iraq

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              Today in Iraq, a terrorist group called the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, is roaming around Western Iraq capturing cities. They are being backed up by the terrorist group, al-Qaeda. Not only are they made up of Iraqi’s, but they also consist of extremist all over the region. Their main goal is to draw back the Middle East borders to make room for a new state which is under a strict interpretation of the Islamic law. People all over the world are joining the ISIs organization. In fact, everyday two to three Muslims leave France to join the army. It is getting so bad that France has had the thought of the idea to put a six month travel ban on suspicious citizens.

                The ISIs organization is very strong. They have already taken Falluja, Mosul, and Ramadi on their way to Baghdad. The Iraq military lacks unity and training to defeat them. ISIs seems to be a very organized group, as they know how to maintain their own revenue, and even keep a body count. Thanks to Syria’s on-going civil war, they have even more numbers from refugees and transient extremist. They are known to set up strong and almost friendly camps in areas with no governance in order to gain supporters.

                There are many nations against them. Iran, for example, is threatened by ISIS so it is rumored that they sent in troops to protect Baghdad, the capitol of Iraq. Furthermore, the US is going to send in 300 military advisors to help, but no soldiers. We have already sent in sodiers before so Obama does not want to send in anymore.

 

 

              Many countries are being very careful about allowing who flies over to the area of war. If ISIS is already rather successful in Iraq, it may be a dangerous threat to all the other nations in the world, especially with all its followers. Overall this is a very catastrophic situation that could cause trouble all over the world.