Mosul

Research Paper In 1979, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan supporting a newly elected communist government that was being threatened by traditional Islamic government officials. In 1981 Osama Bin Laden the son of a wealthy Saudi businessman crossed the border into Afghanistan to support the cause against the Soviet invasion. Bin Laden young member of the Islamic Brotherhood which believed in traditional Islam blended with 20th century government. In the beginning Bin Laden helped by raising…

reasons. Islamic State Militants is one of the more popular reports that have taken control of parts of Syria and Iraq and have attacked ancient artifacts. As seen in The New York Times, Islamic State Militants have destroyed cultural artifacts in Mosul, Iraq, a video shows the destruction of Nineveh Museum done by ISIS with a sledgehammer. ISIS destroyed many artifacts, including the human headed winged beast, also known as Lamassu. The Lamassu played a role in the Mesopotamia-Assyria, guarding…

however American troops are stationed at the city of Mosul in hopes of mitigating the violence of ISIS by attacking them at their source, which…

the culture of one of its conquered nations. According to the article, ISIS posted a video that showed some of its members using construction tools such as sledgehammers and jackhammers, to demolish some of the ancient Assyrian artifacts within the Mosul Museum in Iraq. They claimed that they were commanded by the Prophet Muhammad and Allah and also claimed they were victims of history repeating itself, since according to them “This is what his companions did later on, when they conquered…

actions in Mosul and Hetra. ISIS has proved to be a very complex organization that has also been able to garner the attention of many people around the globe. ISIS has also caused a very long and controversial debate on if the group is Islamic or not. One of the largest arguments over ISIS is their claim of being Islamic. Various sources gave their interpretation of what it meant to be Islamic. In the first article “What ISIS really wants” by Graeme Wood, he presented that ISIS was in fact…

belong to the following cytotypes of Nannospalax ehrenbergi: «Duhok-Bardarash Population» 2n = 52, NF = 76, and NFa = 72 and « Erbil-Sulaimania-Kirkuk populations» 2n = 52, NF = 80 and NFa = 76. The karyotypes of the Duhok population is similar with Mosul,…

Friday the 13th is associated with bad luck, and now it will forever be attached to ISIS’ violent attack on Paris, France. This is not ISIS’ only violent attack which leads to the question, to what extreme is ISIS willing to go to reach their goals? ISIS is known to use tactics such as violence such as beheading or seizing control of towns which creates a shock value to assure to reach their goals. Most people do not understand ISIS’ meaning. ISIS is an abbreviation for "Islamic State of Iraq…

Dispersed ethnic groups throughout history have experienced violence, repression, and have been denied human rights within the government they are residing. Due to the persecution, these groups search for ways to create their own nation and become independent. According to Joseph Stalin, for an ethnic group to become a nation they must be “a historically constituted, stable community of people, formed on the basis of a common language, territory, economic life, and psychological make-up…

Footsteps of an army of soldiers march outside your door. Most people have ran from the town in fear of ISIS taking over. Any hope of escape vanishes when realization of having no escape hits. There is nothing to do except hide; hide and wait for some hope of an opportunity to leave the town. Christians in the Middle East are being tortured, crucified, and raped for believing in Jesus Christ. They are living martyrs for the Lord. ISIS is a radical muslim group who persecutes anyone who does not…

such as Mosul and worked their way down to within 25 kilometers of Baghdad. The Iraq Army was about 750,000 men completely collapsed and about 30,000 Iraqi soldiers deserted Mosul. The governance and the security structures disintegrated the Iraqi police deserted their jobs by taking off their uniforms and trying to blend in with the crowd so they would not get killed by the newly formed terror organization. ISIS was well funded at the beginning, robbing a branch if Iraq’s Central Bank in Mosul…