Essays about: "Al Qaeda in Iraq"

Found 4 essays containing the words Al Qaeda in Iraq.

  1. 1. STATING THE OBVIOUS? How do International Law theories on State and Belligerency recognition characterise the Islamic State?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Victor Cato; [2020-04-30]
    Keywords : Statehood; the Montevideo Convention; Recognition; the Constitutive Theory; the Declaratory Theory; Recognition of Belligerency; the Islamic State; ISIS; IS;

    Abstract : The Islamic State has been described as one of the worst terrorist organisations in modern times. The United Nations Security Council has also put ISIS on the same terrorist resolution as al-Qaeda. READ MORE

  3. 2. ‘War of Theology’: The Theological Aspect of the Split between Jabhat al-Nusra and the Islamic State in Iraq in 2013.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för Mellanösternstudier

    Author : Orwa Ajjoub; [2018]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : On the morning of the 8th of April 2013, the world woke up to Abu Bakr Al- Baghdadi, the leader of what was called the Islamic State in Iraq or ISI, announcing the expansion of his group from Iraq into Syria. Al-Baghdadi also announced the merger of ISI and Jabhat al-Nusra (JN) into a new group called the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham or ISIS. READ MORE

  4. 3. The changing winds of aid : An exploration of of aid disbursements to Muslim countries

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Laura Williams; [2017]
    Keywords : aid allocations; Muslim countries; Islamic Fundamentalism; terrorism;

    Abstract : There have been many deadly terrorist attacks which have taken place in the 21st Century. At the turn of the century the world was transfixed as two planes were hijacked and flown into the ‘Twin Towers.’ Many recent attacks have been carried out by Islamic Fundamentalist groups. READ MORE

  5. 4. Exploring the demand side of foreign rebel recruitment : a comparative case study of Al Qaeda in Iraq (2004-2008) and the Islamic State (2012-2016)

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Edin Kozaric; [2017]
    Keywords : foreign recruitment; transnational recruitment; organizational complexity; Al Qaeda in Iraq; Islamic State;

    Abstract : While previous research on foreign recruitment has investigated how rebels manage to recruit from abroad, little attention has been given to the factors that regulate demand from the rebel point of view. This thesis suggests that the organizational complexity of a rebel group affects its range of personnel needs and capability of rendering recruits into military assets. READ MORE