Respond to the following discussions from classmates (X6) Write how you would respond to their discussions) with approximately 100 words or more each. Include a reference to each response if possible. Be thoughtful and insightful and it must demonstrate critical thinking and analysis.
1. Here is an excellent article. Do you believe this could happen:
Could ISIS and Al Qaeda, Two Giants of Jihad, Unite?
Protesters carry Al-Qaeda flags during an anti-government protest in the town of Marat Numan in Idlib province, Syria, March 11, 2016
Photo by Khalil Ashawi/Reuters
by Brian Michael JenkinsLinks to an external site.
This commentary originally appeared in the opinion section of FoxNews.comLinks to an external site..
There are both similarities and differences between Al Qaeda and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Both are bloodthirsty terrorist organizations bent on jihad, sworn enemies of the infidel West and the United States in particular. Could they one day unite in an international jihadist merger to create an even more potent regional and global threat? It is possible.
For the moment, at least, the two groups are rivals for the mantle of jihadi supremacy and neither side’s leadership has shown much interest in a union. The situation is extremely fluid, though, so it is not inconceivable that at some point in the future, beyond the current leadership perhaps, the two organizations could become one.
Al Qaeda has morphed several times since its emergence in the 1990s and its recognition as the global leader in terror with the 9/11 attacks in 2001.
ISIL or ISIS did not emerge as an international rival to Al Qaeda until 2013. Since then, ISIS challenged Al Qaeda’s central leadership, engaged in hostilities with Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria, expanded its areas of control and influence in Syria and Iraq, declared the existence of an Islamic State, and received pledges of loyalty from various jihadist fronts, including factions within Al Qaeda’s affiliates in Africa and the Middle East.
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