IR 407 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Vimeo, Imad Mughniyah, Abu Mohammad Al-Adnani
17 Dec 2017
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Islamic state of iraq and al sham (isis) (daesh arabic acronym) About syria (eastern mediteranian, along with lebanon as the levant) British diplomat named sykes and french diplomat named picot, given the task of diving the world between france and britain. They literally drew lines across the ottoman empire (paid no mind beyond this) These are frankensteined creations of an impersonal and uninformed colonial process. With a number of ethnic and religious groups. Heretical sect of shia islam, religious survivors of the hashashin=alawites (they are a super secret religion, people don"t really know what they believe you really cant find their religious texts) Short lived monarchy headed by the leader of arab uprising against the ottomans. British encouraged the sheick of mecca to rise up and lead rebellion and then after the british abandoned him to the french. A frontline state (any state which borders israel your state in military confrontation with israel)
