Monday, September 15, 2014

ISIS or ISIL


So ISIS has garnered the national spotlight in the news recently with Obama announcing a "Spot Terror" program to be implemented in the near future.  But who exactly is ISIS and is a more appropriate name ISIL?  Here is an article describing why Obama is using ISIL and others are using ISIS.  Basically Obama sees the groups as a greater threat than to just Iraq and Syria (as in "IL) and rather is using Levant to refer to the former French and British colonial areas.

Some facts on ISIS

So  ISIS or ISIL is a faction of Al-Qaeda who uses beheadings and killings to intimidate people.  And they use ice cream socials for children to make themselves more attractive.  So why is terrorism and ISIS so attractive to young people in developed countries?  Click here to watch a clip from Fox news.

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