ISIS (Islamic State in Syria and the Levant )
is a terror outfit with a heinous track record of killing its opponents in gruesome
ways and destroying the human habitations. The terrorists care for nothing but
the jihadist ideology they have been deeply indoctrinated with.
They see themselves as the claimants
of ‘motherland’ sort of right, the Sunni dominated lands. The Sunni terrorist outfit
that has its origins in the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 has consolidated its
position significantly in recent days and with capture of Mosul, Iraq’s second
largest city, their finances and firepower have grown considerably and they are
threatening the Shia-dominated leadership of Iraq with their rapid advance to
Baghdad.
And in the given geopolitical situation
– of the immediate region – Syria, Iraq and the neighbouring countries – and of
the geopolitical considerations of the global powers – they don’t face the
prospects of a war-scale ground level mobilization to drive them out of the
areas they have routed and ‘captured’ and to eliminated them.
Their foundation, the subsequent
spread and their future stakes are deeply rooted in the Muslim sectarian
violence and their ‘crusade style homeland’ demand is earning them support of
the local populations in the Sunni dominated areas, a must to continue with
their terror run and terror rein in the ‘unrecognized’ state, until a major
global power finds a major reason to intervene completely.
