https://padlet.com/carainey18/cfr_backgrounder CFR Backgrounder en-us 2016-11-15 16:47:47 UTC 2016-11-19 04:15:01 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Ninja.png carainey18 https://padlet.com/carainey18/cfr_backgrounder/wish/138465973 2016-11-17 16:29:54 UTC https://padlet.com/carainey18/cfr_backgrounder/wish/138465973 carainey18 https://padlet.com/carainey18/cfr_backgrounder/wish/138466723 2016-11-17 16:31:31 UTC https://padlet.com/carainey18/cfr_backgrounder/wish/138466723 carainey18 https://padlet.com/carainey18/cfr_backgrounder/wish/138855075 Daesh is attempting to establish a caliphate under the leadership of Abu Baqr Al-Baghdadi]]> 2016-11-19 03:37:09 UTC https://padlet.com/carainey18/cfr_backgrounder/wish/138855075 carainey18 https://padlet.com/carainey18/cfr_backgrounder/wish/138855090 Followers of Daesh around the globe have continuously evaded authorities]]> 2016-11-19 03:37:40 UTC https://padlet.com/carainey18/cfr_backgrounder/wish/138855090 carainey18 https://padlet.com/carainey18/cfr_backgrounder/wish/138855367 Daesh controlled territory was largely reduced in 2016 through military activities ]]> 2016-11-19 03:52:38 UTC https://padlet.com/carainey18/cfr_backgrounder/wish/138855367 carainey18 https://padlet.com/carainey18/cfr_backgrounder/wish/138855393 Daesh traces back to 2003, an aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq]]> 2016-11-19 03:54:30 UTC https://padlet.com/carainey18/cfr_backgrounder/wish/138855393 carainey18 https://padlet.com/carainey18/cfr_backgrounder/wish/138855436 Daesh was formed originally as al-Qaeda in Iraq, before being denounced by al-Qaeda for its torture]]> 2016-11-19 03:57:41 UTC https://padlet.com/carainey18/cfr_backgrounder/wish/138855436 carainey18 https://padlet.com/carainey18/cfr_backgrounder/wish/138855451 AQI originated from Jama'at al-Tawhid w'al-Jihad, founded by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi]]> 2016-11-19 03:58:35 UTC https://padlet.com/carainey18/cfr_backgrounder/wish/138855451 carainey18 https://padlet.com/carainey18/cfr_backgrounder/wish/138855487 AQI took aim at the US and its allies in attempts to draw the US into a civil war between Sunni and Shia Islam]]> 2016-11-19 03:59:45 UTC https://padlet.com/carainey18/cfr_backgrounder/wish/138855487 carainey18 https://padlet.com/carainey18/cfr_backgrounder/wish/138855518 After Zarqawi was killed in an airstrike, al-Baghdadi took control of AQI and gave it the new name of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Daesh)]]> 2016-11-19 04:01:10 UTC https://padlet.com/carainey18/cfr_backgrounder/wish/138855518 carainey18 https://padlet.com/carainey18/cfr_backgrounder/wish/138855583 Daesh makes a large portion of it income through oil extraction]]> 2016-11-19 04:04:58 UTC https://padlet.com/carainey18/cfr_backgrounder/wish/138855583 carainey18 https://padlet.com/carainey18/cfr_backgrounder/wish/138855599 Daesh has few strongholds remaining, and is quickly losing them, including Raqqa and Mosul]]> 2016-11-19 04:05:52 UTC https://padlet.com/carainey18/cfr_backgrounder/wish/138855599