1. ISIS aims to create an Islamic state called a caliphate across Syria, Iraq, and other locations.
2. ISIS has built a reputation for public executions.
3. ISIS uses social media to spread fear and propaganda.
4. CNN reported ISIS is holding about 3,500 people as hostilities. They're mostly women and children.
5. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi also known as Abu Du'a is the leader.
6. ISIS receives their money by their criminal activities such as oil smuggling, kidnapping for ransom, and bank robbery.
7. ISIS aims for Christians, Shia Muslims, Assyrians, Chaldeans, Syriac and Armenian, Yazidis, Druze, Shabaks, and Mandeans.
8. Approximately 10,000 innocent civilians have died from beheading, crucifixions, and gunpoint due to ISIS.
9. It is currently based in Syria.
10. The group formed after the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003.
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Wow, I didn't know most of the stuff on this list. Your post was informative and interesting.
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