POLS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Al-Qaeda, Najibullah Zazi, Terrorist Screening Database
13 Dec 2016
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7000 from west 5000 from europe- recruitments of isis- russia has 5-6000 fighters in syria. Us + 14 nato allies (not including aus) 560,000 syrian refugees currently in germany: 340 cases of isis infiltrating refugee camps, deterring countries from taking them in. 5,000 aq members left in iraq after usa withdrew troops, these remaining 5,000 members formed isis. As of 2016 assad regime has control over the syrian coast: this means they can control trade with allies like russia. Jabhat fatah al-sham taking orders from al qaeda (who they"re not affiliated with) to not attack western states: al qaeda has transported the kourhsan group to syria to attack north america. Bashar al-assad is the greatest influencer in syria (ruler of assad regime) Us and kurdish people are allies because: us, britain, and france establish no fly zone to protect kurds from hussein who was trying to exterminate the race.
