Comes from mecca and when he says al hashimi it means he is of the profit. It has a deliberate move from the he has of the prophet. They would like to say that they have more islamic legitimacy in particular. Isis is not alqaeda. It is not a one man show like a counter. There summer by night and was everything like alqaeda. Osama bin laden was everything. Isis is about the ideology and very strong ideology and they managed to create a precedent on the middle east and the islamic world to create first a state with a population of more than 7 million. The size of the state is bigger than britain. It used to have about 1 million income from the oil and gas of celia, so they still have branches in afghanistan and north africa the oil and gas of assyria. Isis is still there. The corruption, the lack of Good Governance and the sectarianism. The anarchy. If you see that there is uprising in iraq and lebanon. We will come back to all of that because there is a lot to unpack there. On this indi
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hello there just go midnight here in moscow you with r.t. international an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council is now underway in new york was requested by the u.s. the u.k. and france and it follows an escalation between syrian government forces and you need leap. in as more. the u.n. security council is set to meet regarding the issue of ongoing fighting in the syrian city of it lip the white house is calling for russia to end its efforts to back the ongoing offensive in the city against terrorists this is a dangerous conflict it needs to be brought to an end russia needs to change its policy now russia recently renewed its offensive against the terrorist forces in it live it is supporting efforts to take back the city from terrorists and jihad his forces now one particular group that the russian foreign ministry has pointed to as being very dangerous is called a yacht terrier al shabab and this is a terrorist group that is widely known around the world for its a
Of caffeine. Were going to get going. Well, welcome everyone, i am jason with Bipartisan Policy Center and its a real pleasure to welcome a group of friends and experts to a conversation about reports that we are releasing today. Defeating terrorists, not terrorism. Assessing counterterrorism policies from 9 11 to isis. Our goal here today is to take an unsparing look at the United States efforts to confront and engage terrorism over the last decade and a half. Were also seeking to engage in a difficult question, which is to try to understand the role that extremist ideology plays in the violence that continues to wrack the globe. This is a question that many have wrestled with for a long time and this is a focus of the study that well talk about. Its important, of course, to begin this morning by remembering that 16 years ago, nearly 3,000 innocent lives were taken in new york, washington and pennsylvania through a vicious and senseless terrorist attack. Its an attack that, i think, f
Five times as many attacks in 2001. Weve been very effective in disrupting terrorist groups, but theyve been seemingly as good at recruiting fighters as we are at taking them off the table. The u. S. Government estimates that the current fighting force of roughly 15,000 fighters is only slightly less than isis maintained in 2014. Its the persistence of this threat that has motivated us to undertake this new initiative. The task force on terrorism and ideology. And weve brought together experts to assess the role of ideology in terrorism. And the report were releasing today, contains the task forces initial findings and their assessment of counterterrorism efforts. And theyre moving to try to transform the findings into a Long Term Strategy for policymakers. Were eager to get your views on this work, and moving forward. Leading off, its a great honor to be joined by chairman michael mccaul, hes a longstanding leader in efforts to Reform Congress oversight of the department of Homeland S