ISIS: The Terrorist Group

The United States may have a copious amount of social, cultural, and political issues, but one of the United States most extensive issues hits globally. The terrorist group ISIS does exactly what they are described as, a group that spreads fear and terror. Even though ISIS is based in the Middle East, this terrorist group still affects the country from massacre to bombardment. No matter your race, religion or gender, you are a target to ISIS as long as you are not exactly like them. This terrorist group has grown bigger than ever thought, and needs to be dealt with before it becomes a bigger problem. This terrorist group did not always take on the name ISIS (Islamic States of Iraq and Syria), most of the members formed this group based on the beliefs of the terrorist group also known as al Qaeda (Hanna 1). ISIS is basically the byproduct of al Qaeda, originally formed in 1999, but the group took on the name ISIS around 2006 after suffering the loss of their last leader, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, in a United States airstrike (Hanna 1). In 2006, al Qaeda was rebranded ISIS by the Egyptian Abu Ayyub al-Masri who became the new leader (Hanna 1). This terrorist group’s original goal was to exterminate the Shiite-community from the Islamic States to establish their rule in the Middle East, but it seems to have expanded much farther from that
Although the Muslim death rate is higher in the Middle East, Christians are enslaved more often and may face genocide in the Middle East as stated by Pope Francis, the EU Parliament, etc. (Shea 1). So, obviously, the people of the Middle East suffer terrible tragedies every day with constant fear, which should motivate the pursuit of preventing further growth of ISIS; if the international attacks didn't already say enough about the