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"After the 9/11 attacks, Congress passed a statute authorizing the executive branch to use military force against those groups directly connected to the attacks: al-Qaida and the Taliban. But today, the United States claims the authority to use armed force under that statute not just in Afghanistan, but also in Iraq, Yemen, Somalia, Pakistan, and Syria — against not just al-Qaida and the Taliban, but also al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, al-Shabab in Somalia, and now the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS."
I came across this in research for a terrorism class - and it's an interesting view. What do you think? Is the fight against ISIS illegal or can it be covered under the statutes passed in 2001 and 2002 to go after AQ and Taliban?
I came across this in research for a terrorism class - and it's an interesting view. What do you think? Is the fight against ISIS illegal or can it be covered under the statutes passed in 2001 and 2002 to go after AQ and Taliban?
Why the U.S. War on ISIS Is Illegal
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From my understanding ISIS evolved from Al-Qaida, so technically I'd think they fall within that statute.
"The roots of ISIS trace back to 2004, when the organization known as “al Qaeda in Iraq” formed. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who was originally part of Osama bin Laden’s al Qaeda Network, founded this militant group.
The U.S. invasion of Iraq began in 2003, and the aim of al Qaeda in Iraq was to remove Western occupation and replace it with a Sunni Islamist regime.
When Zarqawi was killed during a U.S. airstrike in 2006, Egyptian Abu Ayyub al-Masri became the new leader and renamed the group “ISI,” which stood for “Islamic State of Iraq.” In 2010, Masri died in a US-Iraqi operation, and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi took power.
When the civil war in Syria started, ISI fought against Syrian forces and gained ground throughout the region. In 2013, the group officially renamed themselves “ISIS,” which stands for “Islamic State of Iraq and Syria,” because they had expanded into Syria."
https://www.history.com/topics/isis
"The roots of ISIS trace back to 2004, when the organization known as “al Qaeda in Iraq” formed. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who was originally part of Osama bin Laden’s al Qaeda Network, founded this militant group.
The U.S. invasion of Iraq began in 2003, and the aim of al Qaeda in Iraq was to remove Western occupation and replace it with a Sunni Islamist regime.
When Zarqawi was killed during a U.S. airstrike in 2006, Egyptian Abu Ayyub al-Masri became the new leader and renamed the group “ISI,” which stood for “Islamic State of Iraq.” In 2010, Masri died in a US-Iraqi operation, and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi took power.
When the civil war in Syria started, ISI fought against Syrian forces and gained ground throughout the region. In 2013, the group officially renamed themselves “ISIS,” which stands for “Islamic State of Iraq and Syria,” because they had expanded into Syria."
https://www.history.com/topics/isis
ISIS - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com
Find out more about the history of ISIS, including videos, interesting articles, pictures, historical features and more. Get all the facts on HISTORY.com
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SFC Kelly Fuerhoff
I had always been under the impression Baghdadi formed ISIS while in coalition prisons in Iraq. I guess he got his group leadership from former Iraqi military and intelligence service officers who served under Saddam and he met while imprisoned at Camp Bucca. 1/3 of his top 25 commanders came from when he was in Bucca.
Wikipedia goes back further saying ISIS started in 1999 by Zarqawi but called the Jamāʻat al-Tawḥīd wa-al-Jihād, then in 2004 swore allegiance to AQ and renamed it Tanẓīm Qāʻidat al-Jihād fī Bilād al-Rāfidayn or Al Qaeda in Iraq which was an informal name. Then after Zarqawi died, then Baghdadi.
Either way I can see the point that the group isn't really part of AQ. They pledged allegiance to them...which is different in a way. I can see that we are entering a gray area as this goes on and how much are some of these groups actually tied to AQ. I don't like grey areas when justifying using ground troops or when the government wants to label terrorists with no proof or vague or loose "affiliations."
Wikipedia goes back further saying ISIS started in 1999 by Zarqawi but called the Jamāʻat al-Tawḥīd wa-al-Jihād, then in 2004 swore allegiance to AQ and renamed it Tanẓīm Qāʻidat al-Jihād fī Bilād al-Rāfidayn or Al Qaeda in Iraq which was an informal name. Then after Zarqawi died, then Baghdadi.
Either way I can see the point that the group isn't really part of AQ. They pledged allegiance to them...which is different in a way. I can see that we are entering a gray area as this goes on and how much are some of these groups actually tied to AQ. I don't like grey areas when justifying using ground troops or when the government wants to label terrorists with no proof or vague or loose "affiliations."
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