2: ISIS

Question 1

ISIS aim 1:

Answer 1

To develop an Islamic Caliphate

Question 2

ISIS aim 2:

Answer 2

To limit the power and influence of Western states in what they consider largely ‘Islamic Affairs’

Question 3

ISIS capital:

Answer 3

Raqqa

Question 4

ISIS have declared themselves a:

Answer 4

“Sovereign entity”

Question 5

Role 1:

Answer 5

Recruitment of foreign fighters

Question 6

Role 2:

Answer 6

Promote acts of international terrorism

Question 7

In …, ISIS captured:

Answer 7

2011 and 2012, ISIS captured key towns of Fallujah and Mosul (2014)

Question 8

When capturing Mosul, ISIS:

Answer 8

Obtained “roughly $2 billion in cash and assests” (Iraqi Officials)

Question 9

ISIS makes:

Answer 9

$97 million a month in black market oil

Question 10

IEP:

Answer 10

“ISIS is effectively acting as a state”

Question 11

AUS government:

Answer 11

ISIS is “one of the world’s deadliest and most active terrorist organisations”

Question 12

… Australians have joined ISIS:

Answer 12

200

Question 13

Australian 18 year old who joined ISIS:

Answer 13

Jake Bilardi

Question 14

US Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken estimated:

Answer 14

20,00 ISIS fighters had been killed by US-led military operations. (October 2015)

Question 15

Operation Inherent Resolve:

Answer 15

Eliminating 1,000 soldier every month

Question 16

ISIS hold:

Answer 16

68,300 km in Iraq and Syria

Question 17

Paris Attacks:

Answer 17

Nov 2015

Question 18

Paris Attacks deaths:

Answer 18

Over 200

Question 19

Orlando Shootings:

Answer 19

2016 - 49 deaths

Question 20

Brigadier Qais Yaaqoub:

Answer 20

“[ISIS] is in full retreat now”