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SienaLewis
Mr.Rysavy
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December10,2015

ISISBackground

Therehasbeenmanycasesinthisworldtodayaboutwaronterrorism.Todayweareina
hugewaragainstterrorism.Terrorismisusuallyagainstcountriespolicies.Whatiscurrently
goingonisaboutreligion.ISIS(IslamicStateofIraqandSyria)aterroristgroupthathasthe
samegoalasAlQaedadid.AlQaedawasalsoaterroristgroupthatplannedandaccomplished
9/11.September11,2001wasthemosttragicdayforAmerica.TheWorldTradeCenter
buildingscrumbledtothegroundfromanairplanewith40civiliansand4hijackersonit.Noone
ontheplanesurvived.ThatdayafewotherplaneswerehijackedbyAlQaedamembers.ISISs
maingoalistomakeacaliphateofIslam.TheywanttomakethemainreligionIslam.ISISdoes
notlikeAmericaatall.Theythinkeverythingwedoiswrong.ISIScurrentlycontrolsonethird
ofIraqandplentyofpartsofSyriaaswell.ISISdoesnthaveonespotwhereeverythingis
controlled.TherearemanydifferentplacesaroundSyriaandIraqwhereISISis.Thismakesit
extremelyhardforTheUnitedStates,Russia,andFrancetodestroyISIS.

ISIShasdonemanytragicthingstogettheWorldfiredup.Almosteveryoneknowsof
ISISbecauseofthecruelexecutionstheyhavecompleted.Theseeventshavebeenrecordedand

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postedontheinternet.TheyhavebeheadedciviliansfromAmerica,Russia,China,Australia,
Israel,UnitedKingdom,Japan,andmanymorecountries.ISIShadonemanbethefaceofISIS,
andthatwasJihadiJohn.Hewastheonetalkinginthevideospostedonline.JihadiJohnwasthe
onebrutallysawingofftheheadsofinnocentAmericans,andotherciviliansfromcountries
aroundtheWorld.HewasatheenglishvoiceforISIS.RecentlytheUnitedStatestrackedJihadi
Johnforabouttwoweekswithadrone,planningtohitJihadiJohnandkillhim.OnNovember
12,2015thedronesshotandkilledthefaceofISIS.Thiswasagreataccomplishmentfor
AmericaandaswellastheothercountriesinvolvedwithtakingdownISIS.

ISIShasdonemanyterriblethingstoshowhowfartheywillgotoprovetheirpoint.It
wasanormalFridayeverywhereintheWorldincludingFrance.Ataround12oclockin
Colorado129peoplediedintheCityofLights.ISISplannedanattackonParistohavesuicide
bombersgointoasoccergamethePresidentofFrancewasat.Thiswasthemosttragicmoments
of2015.Kidslosttheirparents,parentslosttheirchildren.Manylovedoneswerelostinthis
massacre.Thefactthatsomepeoplearehappywhenhundredsofpeoplediebecauseofthemis
sickening.Whywouldsomeonewanttobrutallymurderinnocentpeople?ISISwasinchargeof
thisattackontheCityofLIghts.Thesepeopleapartofthisgroupareinsaneandinhuman.They
wanttomaketheWorldamuslimstateandwillgotoanylevelofcrazytogetthere.

ManypeopleintheWorldbelievethatISISisahugethreatformanycountries
throughouttheWorld.DavidL.PhillipsstatesISISisacancerthatmustbeeradicated.Mr.
PhillipsiscorrectbecauseISISrepresentscancerverywell.Nooneknowswherethesourceis

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andcanpopupanywhereatanytime.Thisproblemisgettingoutofcontrol.Thiscanhurtthe
UnitedStatesinmanyways.Wewillneverknowuntilwetrytostopthem.Thisneedstoend
now.

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