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Originally Posted by Bladewire
"Obama is the founder of ISIS" - Donald Trump
"The point is, you can never be too greedy." - Donald Trump
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That... is delusional
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Bakr_al-Baghdadi
Rank Leader: of ISIL
Military career:
Jamaat Jaysh Ahl al-Sunnah wa-l-Jamaah
(2003?2006)
Al-Qaeda
(2006?2013)
Mujahideen Shura Council (January 2006 ? October 2006)
Islamic State of Iraq (October 2006 ? April 2013)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
(April 2013?present)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islami...and_the_Levant
Established under the name of Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad: 1999
Joined al-Qaeda: October 2004
Declaration of an Islamic state in Iraq: 13 October 2006
Claim of territory in the Levant: 8 April 2013
Separated from al-Qaeda:[2][3] 3 February 2014[4]
Declaration of caliphate: 29 June 2014
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jama%2...whid_wal-Jihad
Leaders Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Became Flag of al-Qaeda in Iraq (2004-2005).svg Al-Qaeda in Iraq
The group started in Jordan in 1999, then became a decentralized network during the Iraqi insurgency (2003?11) with foreign fighters[3] and a considerable Iraqi membership.[4]
Following al-Zarqawi's pledge of allegiance to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network on 17 October 2004, the group became known as al-Qaeda in Iraq or Tanzim Qaidat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn.[2][5][6][7] After several rounds of name changes and mergers with other groups, the organization is now known as Islamic State (IS).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osama_bin_Laden
1st General Emir of Al-Qaeda
Military career:
Maktab al-Khidamat (1984?1988)
Al-Qaeda (1988?2011)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maktab_al-Khidamat
The Maktab al-Khidamat, also Maktab Khadamāt al-Mujāhidīn al-'Arab (Arabic: مكتب الخدمات or مكتب خدمات المجاهدين العرب, MAK), also known as the Afghan Services Bureau, was founded in 1984 by Abdullah Azzam, Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri to raise funds and recruit foreign mujahidin for the war against the Soviets in Afghanistan. MAK became the forerunner to al-Qaeda and was instrumental in creating the fundraising and recruitment network that benefited al-Qaeda during the 1990s.[1]
During the Soviet-Afghanistan war, MAK played a minimal role, training a small group of 100 mujahidin for the war and disbursing approximately $1 million in donations from Muslims sourced via a network of global offices in Arabic and Western countries, allegedly including approximately thirty in the United States. MAK maintained a close liaison with Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency through which the CIA and the intelligence agency of Saudi Arabia Al Mukhabarat Al A'amah funneled money to Afghan Mujaheddin. The MAK paid the airfare for new recruits to be flown into the Afghan region for training.[2] MAK was closely cooperating with Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin faction of the Peshawar Seven.
Connections in the United States[edit]
MAK established recruitment and fundraising offices in many Western countries, the United States being one of their main fund-raising destinations. On his fundraising tours Abdullah Azzam visited the mosques of "Brooklyn, St. Louis, Kansas City, Seattle, Sacramento, Los Angeles, and San Diego - altogether there were 33 cities in America that opened branches of bin Laden and Azzam's organization, the Services Bureau, in order to support the jihad."[14]
By one account approximately 200 ?young Arab Immigrants? went to see Shalabi about fighting in Afghanistan. Once enlisted, the prospective jihadists would be organized into groups of three or four and instructed to ?pay their own way?. However, before leaving, the recruits were given arms and combat training; one such recruit was El Sayyid A. Nosiar, who received rifle training at the High Rock shooting range in Naugatuck, Connecticut.[15]
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