The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Quotes

“On October 15, 2006, the creation of the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) was announced after neither the AQI nor the MSC was able to gain popular support. Abu Ayyub al-Masri was renamed ISI’s war minister, while a new figure named Abu Omar al-Baghdadi was named ISI leader.”
― Charles River Editors, The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria: The History of ISIS/ISIL

“A 2006 Senate Report on the intelligence gathered about Iraq before the war also concluded, “Postwar information indicates that Saddam Hussein attempted, unsuccessfully, to locate and capture al-Zarqawi and that the regime did not have a relationship with, harbor, or turn a blind eye toward Zarqawi.”
― Charles River Editors, The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria: The History of ISIS/ISIL

“In other words, instead of al-Zarqawi and his initial band of fighters being an al-Qaeda group, it was the U.S. invasion of Iraq that gave al-Zarqawi the opportunity to consolidate his network, amass his power, and establish formal ties with al-Qaeda.”
― Charles River Editors, The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria: The History of ISIS/ISIL

“Several factors can be attributed to why Islamic fundamentalism”
― Charles River Editors, The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria: The History of ISIS/ISIL