Lecture 9 - Rise of Isis Flashcards
An outline of ISIS crimes:
¥ Religious and minority group persecution
¥ Treatment of civilians
¥ Child soldiers
¥ Sexual violence and slavery
¥ Attacks on members of the press
¥ Beheadings and mass executions
¥ Destruction of cultural and religious heritage
sledgehammers and assault rifles to destroy ancient artefacts at a Unesco
The top Twitter hashtags used by the group include:
“#Baghdad_is_liberated” and “#Iraq_is_ liberated”.
Isis is launching a global online campaign
20 June to support
theFridayofsupportingISIS,
The group is initiating a Twitter hashtag in Arabic which translates to
asking supporters around the world to wave the Isis flag in public, film themselves and upload the clips on social media platforms.
Free internet application called
2004
The Dawn of Glad Tidings
The Nusra Front
Regularly posts statements and videos, showing the group’s social services, including the distribution of food to the poor and traffic management.
The Nusra Front’s approach has helped the group gain support at the grassroots level in Syria.
Blocked
In an attempt to limit the impact of Isis’s social media campaign, the Iraqi government has blocked Facebook, Twitter and other platforms.
“The Islamic State Report”
The jihadist group has also launched an online magazine to recruit more fighters.
The 10-page magazine named “The Islamic State Report” explains how life within its envisioned Islamic state would look like.
ISIS have seized…
Large parts of Iraq and Syria, including major cities such as Mosul and historic sites such as Palmyra
How many people live under ISIS control?
10,000,000
How many people did ISIS kill between Jan 04-oct05?
18,000
ISIS has recently lost…
- 40% of its territory in Iraq
- 10-20% of its territory in Syria
- 25,000 fighters
The Refugee Crisis
top 3?
More than 1 million refugees and migrants have arrived in the European Union, the large majority of them fleeing from war and terror in Syria
- Syria
- Afgan
- Iraq
The Syrian Refugee Crisis and Global Migration Patterns:
Number of forcibly displaced people worldwide?
59.5 million at the end of 2014
highest since ww2, increased by 40% since 04
2015: peak of the Syrian refugee crisis:
o Opening of Balkan route (change in FYROM’s policy)
o Public pledge by German Chancellor Angela Merkel to offer temporary residency
o Syrian government (Assad regime) made it easier for Syrians to obtain passports
o Inability of Greek government to control its borders
o Turkish government using refugee flows as a diplomatic currency
ISIS or ISIS-INSPIRED TERRORIST ATTACKS AGAINST THE WEST
list of some?
Paris – January 2015 (Charlie Hebdo & supermarket attacks)
Paris – November 2015 (Restaurants & public spaces)
Brussels – March 2016 (Airport & Metro)
Orlando – July 2016 (Gay nightclub)
Nice – July 2016 (Promenade)
Munich – July 2016 (Mall)
Normandy – July 2016 (Church)
Berlin – December 2016 (Christmas market)
London – March 2017 (Westminster Bridge / Parliament)
