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    The Islamic State, Both a State and a Terrorist Organization: A Double Threat to the Civilized World
    The Islamic State, Both a State and a Terrorist Organization: A Double Threat to the Civilized World
    The Islamic State, Both a State and a Terrorist Organization: A Double Threat to the Civilized World
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    The Islamic State, Both a State and a Terrorist Organization: A Double Threat to the Civilized World

    By Roberto Miguel Rodriguez

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    Initially a terrorist group within the Al Qaeda organization, the Islamic State of Iraq refused to obey orders from its previous superiors and declared the Islamic State, the caliphate which existed for over 1,300 years but which had ceased to exist in 1924 after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire at the end of World War I. This declaration was possible because contrary to previous terrorist organizations which attacked targets and dissolved into the community, the Islamic State actually governs the territories it controls. It has a radio and a TV station. It counts with a prolific presence in the Internet, especially in social media. It prints its own currency, manages its own postal system and runs its schools, hospitals and police stations. It exploits resources, taxes its populations and imposes its distorted interpretation of Sharia law. It considers itself the pristine manifestation of Islam and authorizes the killing of any non-Sunni Muslim as not-true believers.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateAug 9, 2016
    ISBN9781365318597
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      The Islamic State, Both a State and a Terrorist Organization - Roberto Miguel Rodriguez

      The Islamic State, Both a State and a Terrorist Organization: A Double Threat to the Civilized World

      The Islamic State: Both a State and a Terrorist Organization – A Double Threat to the Civilized World

      By Roberto Miguel Rodriguez

      Table of Contents  

      Abstract

      The Islamic State: Both a State and a Terrorist Organization

      Chapter 1: Background Information about the Islamic State

      Some of the Causes

      Changes in the Organization

      The Fight in Syria

      The Declaration of the Caliphate

      Territory Controlled

      Elimination of the Border between Iraq and Syria

      Weapons Used

      The Fight in Libya

      Expansion of the IS

      Social Media and Recruitment Efforts

      Income Sources

      Life in the Islamic State

      Chapter 2: Reactions of the international community to the existence of the Islamic State

      United States

      European Union

      Arab League

      Russia

      Iran

      China

      Saudi Arabia

      Turkey

      Chapter 3: Policy Recommendations to the government of the United States

      The situation in June 2016

      References

      Abstract

      Initially a terrorist group within the Al Qaeda organization, the Islamic State of Iraq refused to obey orders from its previous superiors and declared the Islamic State, the caliphate which existed for over 1,300 years but which had ceased to exist in 1924 after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire at the end of World War I. This declaration was possible because contrary to previous terrorist organizations which attacked targets and dissolved into the community, the Islamic State actually governs the territories it controls. It has a radio and a TV station. It counts with a prolific presence in the Internet, especially in social media. It prints its own currency, manages its own postal system and runs its schools, hospitals and police stations. It exploits resources, taxes its populations and imposes its distorted interpretation of Sharia law. It considers itself the pristine manifestation of Islam and authorizes the killing of any non-Sunni Muslim as not-true believers. This paper analyzes what we know about the Islamic State, using a variety of public sources, and makes recommendations about potential measures that could be taken to eliminate this threat from the civilized world.

      The Islamic State: Both a State and a Terrorist Organization

      The aftermath of the American occupation of Iraq and the civil war in Syria have given rise to a situation unknown until now in international relations: the fact that an organization widely considered as a terrorist organization has been able to occupy and govern large swaths of territory in both Iraq and Syria, eliminate the border frontier between the two nations, and proudly declare the establishment of a caliphate, a form of Islamic governance that had not existed since 1924, after the destruction of the Ottoman Empire at the end of World War I. This terrorist organization has evolved from its Al Qaeda roots and grew out of the Sunni resentment against the Allied invasion of Iraq, which was launched based on an inexistent threat of weapons of mass destruction and potential links between the government of Iraq and Al Qaeda, and although it eliminated a dictator for the benefit of the world, it cost dearly to the American public in lives, economic resources and prestige. The invasion occurred at the beginning of 2003 and by late 2007, the American troops started to withdraw and concluded on December 18, 2011, ending a deployment which cost 4500 American lives and more than 32,000 wounded. The Iraqi civilian deaths were estimated of at least twenty times higher (Warrick, 2015, p. 249). The invasion of Iraq, part of President Bush’s response to the tragic events of 9/11, produced more American casualties than those produced in the terrorist event. The invasion did not bring democracy to Iraq, because democracy cannot be imposed on a population which has never practiced democracy, and also did not bring peace to the Middle East, as optimistically predicted the American administration. In fact, the invasion was an abysmal failure which left in place a corrupt and inept Iraqi government that limited all the rights of the Sunni minority and created the necessary conditions for terrorism to grow and prosper.

      The so-called Islamic State, one of the current names of this organization/government, has been able to impose its rule over the people living in the occupied areas, has forced the population to live under Sharia law, pay taxes and receive whatever

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