Week 3 Assignment Role Of U.s. Agencies In Counterterrorism

Countering the ISIS/ISIL Threat Name: Instructor:Course: Institution Affiliation:Date:IntroductionThe Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, also Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ISIS) is a jihadist militant group that follows an Islamic fundamentalist, Wahhabi doctrine of Sunni Islam. ISIS came out of Al-Qaeda, to become the most dangerous terror group in the world. The group has fighters from Iraq, Syria, the UK, France, Germany and other European countries, as well as the US, the Arab world and the Caucasus”. Its major sources of income include donations from wealthy individuals who support its course, as well as earnings from oil fields under its control in eastern Syria and Northern Iraq. According to the BBC.com, its wealth is estimated to be around to $2 billion. In the last three years, ISIS has claimed responsibility for brutal murder of American civilians inside and outside the United States. The group has also conducted terror attacks in other countries including France, Belgium, Egypt, Indonesia, Libya, Iraq, and Syria among others, mostly targeting civilians. Based on the analysis of the intelligence organs, the United States has the capacity