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When it began
In 1989 a street thug named Zarqawi arrived in Afghanistan as a mujahideen wannabe, since he was too late to fight the Soviet Union. He went back home to where he lived at the time, in Jordan, and remained a fringe figure in the international violent “jihad” for much of the decade. He returned to Afghanistan to set up his own training camp for terrorists. -
Zarqawi met Osama
The street thug, Zarqawi, returned to Afghanistan in 1999. He set up a training camp for terrorists. Then met Osama bin Laden. Zarqawi decided not to join al-Qaeda. He wanted to make his own terrorist group instead. -
Fall of the Taliban and the flee of Zarqawi
The fall of the Taliban in 2001 forced Zarqawi to flee to Iraq. The Taliban is a Pashtun Islamic fundamentalist group that ruled Afghanistan from 1996-2001. Zarqawi was a militant Islamist from Jordan who ran a paramilitry training camp in Afghanistan. When he fleed he wanted to create his own terrorist organization. He eventually did, it was named Isis. -
Zarqawi started his group
Shortly after the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, Zarqawi set up his terrorist group which was made up mostly of non-Iraqis. The group was named Isis. In English, this stands for Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. In Arabic it means: ad-Dawlat al-Islamiyya fī’l-‘Iraq wa’sh-Sham which stands for The Islamic State in Iraq and Ash-Sham. Isis is a kidnapping and executing group. -
Who Zarqawi targeted
Zarqawi directed the terrorism at Muslims, especially Iraq’s majority Shiite population. The Shitties are the second largest branch of Islam. Shiities account for for 15% of all Muslims. Shiite was created to support Ali, Muhammads son-in-law. -
How Isis could affect U.S. today
It could derail the world economy. The crisis in Iraq has already caused an oil shock, with energy prices spiking as ISIS advanced. If the crisis continues, you’ll eventually be paying more for gas. Currently Isis's targets are just in Iraq. -
Enduring Understanding
Isis relates to the enduring understanding and essential questions because Isis is a diplomacy driven by nation self interest and has domestic global consequences. Zarqawi shows how his attempts of taking over the middle east by making his own terrorist group and expanding it trying to get people from around the globe go join. He has gained power by threatening and making people aware of how power and forcing people to join his group. There is no competing interests.
