We Interrupt this Lesson….. #1 We Interrupt this Lesson….. #1 To bring you…ISIS and the Middle East

What do you know about ISIS? ISIS is a shorthand name for the _________________________________, and it has made news in the past few months…. ….for its dramatic military conquest of ___________________________ ….its ruthless treatment of Iraqi minorities such as the ____________ ….and a string of videotaped _______________________ of Western hostages What is ISIS? What do you know about ISIS?

The situation in Iraq and Syria is complex, to say the least. It presents a continuing humanitarian crisis, with __________________________for their lives, and _________________________________being killed.

It presents a threat to Middle East stability, with ISIS promising to create an _________________________, or state, erasing __________________ and imposing its own version of fundamentalist ______________. Furthermore, ISIS presents an _____________________________to the larger world with the militant group beheading international hostages and recruiting ___________________ from across the globe. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-27905425

(8) facts that explain the escalating crisis in Iraq Updated by Zack Beauchamp on June 13, 2014, 9:49 a.m. ET 1. ISIS used to be called __________________ in Iraq It's essentially a ___________________________version of al-Qaeda in Iraq, the _____________group that rose to power after the American invasion. US troops and allied Sunni militias defeated AQI during the post-2006 “_________," but it didn't demolish them. In 2011, the group rebooted. ISIS successfully ____________a number of _______________ held by the _____________government and, slowly but surely, began rebuilding their strength. The chaos today is a direct result of the Iraqi ______________________________to stop them.

2. ISIS wants to create ___________________ in Iraq and Syria Their goal since being founded in __________ has been remarkably consistent: found a ___________________________ "They want complete failure of the government  in Iraq. They want to establish a ___________in ______." Even after ISIS split with al-Qaeda in February 2014 (in large part because ISIS was _____________even for al-Qaeda), ISIS' goal remained the same. http://www.wsj.com/video/iraq-isis-sparks-a-middle-east-crisis-explained/74607CBE-0725-4C02-A289-ABA34FEAB516.html Syria Iraq Area controlled by ISIS

3. ISIS thrives on ______________between Iraq's two largest _______________ groups Perhaps the single most important factor in ISIS' recent resurgence is the conflict between Iraqi ___________ and Iraqi _________________ These are the two major _________________of _______________ ISIS fighters are __________, and the tension between the two groups is a powerful recruiting tool for ISIS. _________ run the govt and Sunnis don’t feel they are fairly represented and have been treated poorly http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27945271

5. ISIS _________________like a government Police have killed peaceful Sunni ______________ and used _________________________ laws to mass-arrest Sunni civilians. ISIS _________________ that brutality to recruit new fighters. 4. The Iraqi government has made this tension worse by ______________Sunnis and through other missteps 5. ISIS _________________like a government In Syria, they've built up something like a mini-state: collecting the equivalent of ___________ and selling _________________ to fund its militant activities. Some reports suggest they've restarted _________________in eastern Syria.

6. Iraq has another major ethno-religious group, the _______________who could matter in this fight Kurds are mostly ___________, but they're _________________ distinct from Iraqi Arabs. There's somewhere between ______________________Kurdish peshmerga (militias) They're well equipped and trained, and represent a serious ___________________to ISIS. They have started to _________________as ISIS has attacked them

7. _____________, the big city ISIS recently conquered, is really important — and ISIS has spread out from there Mosul is the ________________________ city in Iraq It’s fairly close to major ________________________ It’s close to the Mosul Dam which is important in the country’s _______________________________ http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-28892365

ISIS has a bit more than ____________________ combat troops The Iraqi army has _________________troops, plus armed police. That Iraqi military also has _________________________________ But the Iraqi army is also a total mess, which explains why ISIS has had the success it's had despite being outnumbered. Take ISIS' victory in Mosul: ____________ Iraqi troops ran from _______ISIS fighters -------- Those are_________________odds! Yet Iraqi troops ran because they simply didn't want to ___________________for this government. There had been hundreds of __________________per month for months prior to the events of June 10th. The escalation with ISIS is, of course, making it worse. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-28892365 8. The Iraqi Army is _______________than ISIS, but also a ____________________

ISIS ATROCITES http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/13/world/meast/isis-developments/ Are the airstrikes working? http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/03/world/meast/isis-beheading-videos/?iref=obinsite News report on 4th beheading http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/12/world/meast/isis-justification-slavery/index.html treatment of women http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2777834/Mass-executions-1-500-time-girls-abducted-sex-slaves-children-used-soldiers-UN-report-confirms-ISIS-s-atrocities-Iraq.html -----scroll down for video Execution of Iraqi soldiers