On May 9, 2011, after the leader of "Al Qaeda" Osama bin Laden was shot dead in Pakistan, the "Islamic State of Iraq", the Iraqi branch of "Al Qaeda", issued a statement on the website of a religious forum in memory of bin Laden. He died, and the statement was signed Abu Bakr Baghdadi, the so-called leader of the "Islamic State of Iraq". The statement stated that the Iraqi branch of Al-Qaida will be loyal to "Supreme Leader Ayman Zawahiri."
The U.S. military’s judgment of the “Islamic State of Iraq” is that this organization, which was established in October 2006, is called the Iraqi branch of Al-Qaida. It is actually just an appearance. Its operation is loose and lacks a system. It is far from “Islamic State of Iraq”. Branch" scale.
In fact, Zawahiri had previously been dissatisfied with the "Islamic State of Iraq". In 2008, in a letter believed to have been written by Zawahiri, he criticized the ineffectiveness of the Iraqi branch of the "base", and reported the deficiencies in the leadership, planning, propaganda, and communication of the branch organization, and conveyed Bin Laden’s comments on " Suggestions and suggestions for improving the work.
The Iraqi branch of Al Qaeda announced its alliance with the Syrian opposition armed group "Victory Front" on April 9, 2013, and will operate under a common name in the future.
The "National Salvation Front" is the most powerful force in Syria's opposition forces fighting against government forces. It plays a leading role in seizing territories in northern, southern and eastern Syria. Since November 2011, the "National Salvation Front" has caused many bombing attacks in the Syrian capital Damascus and the northern city of Aleppo. By means of terrorist attacks, this organization has risen to fame, and then expanded its activities to all over Syria, from members of the Syrian opposition. New recruits in the recruitment.
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Iraqi branch of "Al Qaeda", "Islamic State of Iraq", released an audio statement on a popular website of "Al Qaeda" on the 9th, announcing the merger of his organization with the "Victory Front".
In this statement, Baghdadi said: "It is time to declare before the people of the world that the'Victory Front' is just an extension and part of the'Islamic State of Iraq'." "We announce that the'Islamic State of Iraq' and the'Victory' will be cancelled. The title of'Front' is combined under one name, namely'Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant'", Baghdadi added. Baghdadi said that at the beginning of the domestic conflict in Syria in March 2011, the Iraqi branch of the "base" deployed "veteran fighters" to Syria and provided funds to the local "Victory Front" grassroots organizations, but they did not disclose the two for security reasons. ’S association.
In Iraq, the organization not only launched bombing attacks on Shia Muslims, but also assassinated political opponents. All kinds of brutal acts have triggered a new round of anger. ISIS has aroused anger among the people because it is too strong.
All along, Al Qaeda’s leading group has noticed the counter-effects of ISIS's brutality, whether in Iraq or Syria. ISIS bombings in Iraq often injure a large number of civilians, including Sunnis. The Nusra Front is more cautious in Syria, but ISIS is quite the opposite: In the areas it controls, the organization bans civilians from smoking, harassing women who don’t wear a veil, and imposes the most severe punishments, such as beheading. In May, the organization rashly executed three Alawites in Deir ez-Zor-the Alawites are a branch of the Shia sect, and the Bashar al-Assad family belongs to this sect. In addition, ISIS even shot and killed Syrian civilians who protested the brutality of the organization.
Like in Iraq, ISIS has encountered huge obstacles in Syria. The local people’s complaints against ISIS are getting stronger and stronger; the local people said that after the overthrow of the Assad regime, they will have to endure oppression and humiliation by another group of criminals. This is not the result they want. In Iraq, when some al-Qaeda-related groups were too lawless, Sunnis rebelled against these groups with the support of foreign funds and military forces. For ISIS in Syria, the same thing may happen to it.
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