The $2 Billion Terror Group in Iraq
Iraq is under siege. The radical al-Qaeda offshoot k**wn as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) has swiftly captured large swaths of territory in the **rth and west, taking Iraqi security forces — and western officials — by surprise.
The terrorist Group first gained **toriety for its ability to fuel a sectarian civil war in Iraq after the American invasion in 2003. Ten years later, the Group decided to join the fight in Syria, changing its name to ISIL to reflect a new ambition: to take advantage of the chaos of the Syrian civil war to establish an Islamic state spanning the Iraq-Syria border. Read more...