1. In June, 2014 ISIS renamed the Islamic State the Caliphate, and Al- Bahgdadi as its Caliph, or leader

2. So what happened?

3. Soviet Russia invaded Afghanistan in 1979 to prop up the communist government of Afghanistan

4. The Soviet war in Afghanistan lasted 10 years from 1979 to 1989.

5. Covert CIA funds supported the Mujahedeen Mujahedeen, Afghan guerrilla fighters

6. Pakistan, China, Iran and Saudi Arabia also supported the mujahedeen President Reagan

7. Bin Laden in Afghanistan, 1988 Civil engineer from a wealthy Saudi family Joined and financed al-Qaeda

8. In 1979, in neighboring Iran, an Islamic Revolution was underway:

9. The Ayatollah Khomeini, a Shiite cleric, became the Supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

10. The Revolution brought an end to the U.S. backed monarchy

11. In 1979, in neighboring Iraq, Saddam Hussein took power

12. Saddam Hussein, was a Sunni leader in a mostly Shiite country

13. In 1980, Iraq invaded Iran; the war lasted lasted 9 years

14. In 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait To protect Kuwait, the U.S. invaded Iraq

15. Soviet troops left Afghanistan in 1989 This led to the rise of the Taliban

16. The Taliban A Sunni, Islamic, fundamentalist, political movement that controlled Afghanistan by 1996

17. The Taliban banned internet use, playing cards, computer disks, movies, satellite TV, musical instruments and chess Girls were not allowed to go to school past the age of nine

18. Osama bin Laden, leader of al-Qaeda, leader, returned to Afghanistan in 1996

19. In 1998, Al-Qaeda affiliated suicide bombers strike U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania

20. In 2001, the Taliban blew up two ancient Buddhist statues

21. World Trade Center, September 2001

22. In 2003, the Second Gulf War began The war lasted 8 years

23. Saddam Hussein was captured in 2003

24. In 2004, Osama bin Laden claimed he would “bleed America to the point of bankruptcy”

25. Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, a Jordanian Sunni declared allegiance to Al-Qaeda in 2004 Named his group al-Qaeda in Iraq Killed by U.S. in 2006

26. Replaced by Abu Oman al Baghdadi, who was killed in 2010 Replaced by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (Abu Dua) Renamed his group Islamic State in Iraq or ISI (later Islamic State in Iraq and Syria – ISIS)

27. The Arab spring began in Tunisia in 2010

28. Protests broke out all over the Arab world

29. Extent of the Arab Spring

30. Osama Bin Laden killed in 2011 Ayman al-Zawahiri, an Egyptian eye surgeon, became the new leader of al- Qaeda

31. Pro-democracy protesters in Syria failed to oust Bashar al-Assad resign

32. Uprisings turned to Civil War

33. al-Baghdadi expanded his ISIL operations into Syria (ISIL now controls half of Syria)

34. ISIL = Islamic state of Syria and the Levant) In June, 2014 ISIS became the Islamic State, or the Caliphate, and Al-Bahgdadi became the Caliph, or leader

35. “ISIL is a direct outgrowth of Al-Qaeda in Iraq that grew out of our invasion. Which is an example of unintended consequences. Which is why we should generally aim before we shoot.” Barack Obama

36. Al-Qaeda affiliates

38. “…the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peace makers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” Hermann Goring

39. “An appeaser is one who eats a crocodile – hoping it will eat him last” Winston Churchill