HLS 170 Threat Group Profile

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What does the group want to accomplish (ideology?)

This paper will be a discussion of the DAESH group. This is known terrorism group in

the world mostly in the Middle East. In most the rest of the paper it will denoted as DAESH. A

critical reason for the start or the emergence of DAESH was to fill power vacuum, causing of

chaos and a constant discriminatory Shi’a-dominated government official that are backed by the

United Stated with its coalition in the onset of second Iraq war. It was triggered to start if

operations after the corrupt nation that was led by Nouri al-Maliki segmented a huge portion of

the country least of being supported by the US to increase the involvement of the Sunni people in

government like the support of the Sunni awakening (Al-Tamimi, 2015). It is clear that the

DAESH are there to make sure that the US is able to feel the impact of what they are doing to

them. In addition, it is evident that the group today is not considering the fact that they are not

ready to seize power but also to get as many resources as possible in the wake of wars and chaos

to their own as well as other persons. I consider that the DAESH has now been at a clear way to

one of the main terrorism groups in the world like the Al-Shabaab among others.

Does it post a threat to the UAE?

To date, it is not yet clear that the group is able to make impact to the United Arab Emirates. It is

valid to note that the group has no boundaries to where it is able to attack and the support they

get in-terms of finances is valid and it can make impact to the UAE any time. DAESH has been

able to attack other nations like the United States and most parts of Europe like France and

Berlin Germany. It is wise to note that the UAE is protected from their attack, a reason why the

country is very protected with its police, military and intelligence officers to make sure that such

actions by the DAESH does not take place (Hansen-Lewis & Shapiro, 2015).
 Capabilities:

How many members does the group have?

With statistics from 2015, the DAESH group of persons are estimated to be highly recruiting

foreign fighters from more than 120 countries. It had more than 25,000 members as of 2015. It is

evident that DAESH group loose almost 1200 fighters in their ambushes and attacks as well as

their hire more than 1250 fighters. This shows that the group has a steady-fast number of their

fighters. No matter what the American forces are saying that they have killed more than 12,000

DAESH Jihadist in 2017, there number has significantly increased in 2018 whereby its foreign

contingent equals more than ¾ of the previous years. One of the main recruitment tool for the

group is the adverts their make for women slave workers from all the captured territories they

have at their disposal. According to the United Nations Envoy Zainab Bangura, girls are sold to

as little as a price of cigarette, while the male are taken by force to join their group (Jawhar,

2016).

What types of weapons does it have?

The group is known to get funds from rich individuals as well as get from the sale of oil got from

the captured regions. This means that they are able to make purchase of most of the weapons.

There following are the main weapons used by the group: 84MM guns, G3 gund, AK 47 riffles,

APCs, Mortor guns, there also have tanks, RPGs among other known weapons such as GPMG

Riffle.

Where do the members come from? How are they radicalized?

The largest group of members from the groups are coming from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon,

Egypt, France, Russia, Turkey, Syria, Morocco, Tunisia, Chad, Benin, Congo among others

countries in the world. The main concern is that even if the DAESH group is destroyed and
Disbanded, the trained members who are already radicalized with be free to travel to their

nations and continue their battle since they are already brain-washed. The radicalization process

starts with the promise of individuals of high or big pay scale once they join the group and the

same is noted to be given to their immediate families. After a series of training to the members

they are later brain-washed.

Method of Operations (MO)

The group is known to use three type of approach to their terror. First, it the use of suicide

bombing. Individuals who wear suicide vest are paid and the family paid as they go areas with

high population and they bomb themselves in a way to kill as many people as possible. The

second method is life shooting of the people who come around them in cities or urban areas. The

last is attacks and ambushes that they undertake in building and on road and kill people with the

aim of making their ideology reach the main audience in this case is the government of the

countries they are attacking (Shamieh & Szenes, 2015).

Opportunities:

Access to the UAE

It is valid to consider that the DAESH group are able to access the UAE. There are as many

countries noted to be very protected and with the best military and police but the group has been

able to attack them. The UAE is not free from such attacks, this means that despite the extensive

resources and technology that the UAE has been able to create, it is clear that the DAESH can

attack.

Winning Status

The status of DAESH winning against the UAE is two-fold; first when they attack the country

they are not able to win against the military, but the DAESH are known to attack people and in
such a case, they are able to kill persons of interest in their methods of attack. I agree that wining

against the UAE is not easy but to individuals in the country is very easy especially in tourist

attraction areas that are prone to their attacks. The group has all it takes to be able to win against

many other countries in the world. It has all the needed personnel as well as the weaponry power

to be able to win in other countries.

 References

Books

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Perspectives on Terrorism, 9(4), 117-129.

Hansen-Lewis, J., & Shapiro, J. N. (2015). Understanding the Daesh economy. Perspectives on

Terrorism, 9(4).

Jawhar, J. (2016). Terrorists’ Use Of The Internet: The Case Of Daesh. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia:

The Southeast Asia Regional Centre for Counter-Terrorism (SEARCCT), Ministry of

Foreign Affairs.

Shamieh, L., & Szenes, Z. (2015). The Propaganda of ISIS/DAESH through the Virtual Space.

Defence against terrorism review, 7(1).

Watts, C. (2015). Let Them Rot: The Challenges and Opportunities of Containing rather than

Countering the Islamic State. Perspectives on Terrorism, 9(4).

Article

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Jaafar, H. H., & Woertz, E. (2016). Agriculture as a funding source of ISIS: A GIS and remote

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