ISIS

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• 11/1/2020
  

  Trump Claims Credit for Defeating ISIS. Pentagon Documents Show Otherwise

  by Brian Glyn Williams

  A historian and scholar of the War on Terror says that Trump's claims of credit in the fight against ISIS are hot air. 

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• SOURCE: National Security Archive
  1/21/20
  

  National Security Archive Releases USCYBERCOM documents which shed new light on the campaign to counter ISIS in cyberspace

  by Michael Martelle

  New FOIA documents show challenges in operational synchronization, deconfliction, and inter-agency coordination.

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• 12/15/19
  

  A Real Red Wedding Massacre Puts Lie to Trump's Claim That he "Obliterated" ISIS

  by Brian Glyn Williams and Javed Rezayee

  The human cost of the war in Afghanistan. 

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• 11/7/19
  

  The History Briefing on the Assassination of ISIS Founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: How Historians Have Discussed Recent News

  by Lila Someshwar

  Historians give much-needed context to a complex issue. 

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• 10/24/19
  

  We Must Not Grow Numb To The Yazidi Genocide

  by Alon Ben-Meir

  The international community cannot grow numb to genocide, as this will continue to haunt us only with greater force. The Yazidis have paid the ultimate price, and no other ethnic group should be subjected to the same fate by any perpetrator with impunity, and with apathy from the international community.

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• SOURCE: Artnet News
  8-27-18
  

  Nearly Destroyed by ISIS, the Ancient City of Palmyra Will Reopen in 2019 After Extensive Renovations

  ISIS occupied the city on two separate occasions between 2015 and 2017, destroying many of its historic treasures.

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• SOURCE: NATO
  12-20-17
  

  Video of the Week: Beauty and the Beasts: why terrorists target history

  Terrorist groups target cultural heritage, from the Taliban destroying the Bamyan Buddhas to the Daesh wrecking Palmyra. But why? This documentary looks at how terrorist groups use cultural heritage for control – but also for funding.

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• 12-11-17
  

  How Central Command Beat ISIS

  by Brian Glyn Williams

  And the three ways that post-Caliphate ISIS terrorism will continue to gust across the globe.

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• SOURCE: Newsweek
  8-8-17
  

  Kissinger Warns Trump

  ISIS Is Keeping Iran in Check, You Must Not Let Tehran Fill the Void

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• 7-9-17
  

  At the Last Minute the ISIS Captor Had Lowered His Demands and We Had Rescued Fayza from Certain Death in Mosul

  by Brian Glyn Williams

  One beautiful young Yazidi girl now had something that so many other sex slaves did not have, freedom and a chance to live her life.

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• SOURCE: CNN
  6-24-17
  

  Why did ISIS blow up the mosque in Mosul?

  by Kishwar Rizvi

  It was following a tradition established by Saudi Arabia.

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  6-22-17
  

  Destroying Great Mosque of al-Nuri 'is Isis declaring defeat'

  Iraqi PM denounces levelling of Mosul building where Islamic State leader declared a caliphate three years ago.

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• 6-17-17
  

  Did Russia Kill Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi?

  by Robert T. Souza

  Friday’s claim should be taken with a grain of salt.

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• SOURCE: The New Yorker
  6-12-17
  

  Mosul’s library without books

  by Robin Wright

  A first person account.

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• SOURCE: The American Scholar
  5-7-17 (accessed)
  

  What now for Iraq’s Mosul Museum, recently liberated from ISIS?

  by Cathy Otten

  A first-person account shows it’s a legacy in ruins.

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• SOURCE: Daniel Pipes Blog
  3-20-17 (accessed)
  

  What Do Jihadis Want? The Caliphate

  by Daniel Pipes

  The answer is surprisingly obscure, as most of their attacks do not include clear demands.

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• SOURCE: YouTube
  3-10-17
  

  What soldiers found when they came upon the Mosul museum

  Thousands of artifacts had been safely removed before ISIS took over. 

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• SOURCE: Al Jazeera
  3-9-17
  

  The full story behind ISIL's takeover of Mosul Museum

  Iraqi archaeologists say ISIL looted the museum before destroying it, but many artefacts were stored safely elsewhere.

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• SOURCE: Reuters
  3-1-17
  

  Report: Syrian government forces enter Palmyra, drive back Islamic State

  Islamic State has captured Palmyra, whose ancient ruins are a UNESCO World Heritage Site, twice during Syria's six-year conflict.

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• SOURCE: The Telegraph
  2-27-17
  

  Previously untouched 600BC palace discovered under shrine demolished by Isil in Mosul

  The shrine is situated on top of a hill in eastern Mosul called Nebi Yunus - one of two mounds that form part of the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh.