The $2 Billion Terror Group in Iraq

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Iraq is under siege. The radical al-Qaeda offshoot known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) has swiftly captured large swaths of territory in the north and west, taking Iraqi security forces — and western officials — by surprise.

The terrorist group first gained notoriety for its ability to fuel a sectarian civil war in Iraq after the American invasion in 2003. Ten years later, the group decided to join the fight in Syria, changing its name to ISIL to reflect a new ambition: to take advantage of the chaos of the Syrian civil war to establish an Islamic state spanning the Iraq-Syria border. Read more...

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