POLI 340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Salafi Jihadism, Kurdistan Regional Government, Al-Qaeda
29 Oct 2017
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Islamic state, formerly the islamic state in iraq in ash-sha(cid:373). Isis: has it"s (cid:396)oots i(cid:374) al-qa"ida i(cid:374) i(cid:396)a(cid:395) a(cid:374)d othe(cid:396) salafi jihadist g(cid:396)oups, consolidated control in raqqa and areas in central/eastern syria, early 2014: fighting with other syrian rebel groups, consolidates control over. Raqqa: january 2014: captures fallujah, june 2014 : captures mosul, subsequent advances, state-building: brutal state but with services such as health care, rules and institutions. Extreme salafist views: sunni alienation helped isis emerge, pm maliki was accentuating the problem. Replaced by haider al-abadi: what explains successful of isil, syrian civil war. Spill-over of syrian civil war: refugees, arms smuggling and cross-border, hizbullah support for syrian regime, sectarian tensions and radicalization, salafi jihadism in sunni community but common interest in conflict containment. Kurdish referendum: alienation from iraqi central gov, krg prez seeks to bolster nationalist support, referendum held in sep 2017, 93% in support of independence, opposition from iraqi government, turkey, iran.
