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CI B first test

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Where is ISIS?
Iraq
Who was the leader of ISIS and what happened to him?
Abu Bakr al- Baghdadi. He committed suicide by blowing himself up.
Where is Hamas?
Gaza
Where is Hezbollah?
Southern Lebanon
Where is Al Shabaab
Somalia
How does ISIS recruit?
They recruit through propaganda. They post disturbing videos on social media of them beheading people basically letting people know that they are either with them or without them. Because of this, ISIS has garnered a strong following and successfully recruited thousands of people. The people in Iraq have no choice but to join.
What are barrel bombs?
Oil drones packed with explosives, screws, and metal fragments, Typically dropped from helicopters on places of worship. In the first months of 2015, they killed 3,124 civilians.
Who is the leader of Syria
Bashar al-Assad
What is one reason that we should let more refugees in?
One reason why we should allow more refugees in is so they have somewhere to live and try to rebuild their life after potentially losing everything in Syria
What is one reason that we should reduce the number of refugees we let in?
The refugees could potentially be terrorists coming in. Also, if we allow too many refugees into the US, the more jobs get filled which can lead to more people being unemployed because they lose their work to the refugees.
Leader of the Medellin cartel
Pablo Escobar
Leader of the Sinaloa cartel
El Chapo
Where does the Sinola cartel operate?
They operate in the "Golden Triangle". The states of Sinaloa, Durango, and Chihuahua
Where did the Medellin operate?
They operated throughout the 1970s and 1980s in Bolivia, Columbia, Central America, Peru, the US, Canada, and Europe
What does ISIS want?
To re-establish islamic caliphate
Who does Russia support and why is that maybe a problem?
Russia has been supporting the leader of Syria
What was this conflict with Russia supporting the Syrian leader about initially, and how has that changed?
Initially, Syrian rebels were attempting to overthrow their own dictator. Now they do not feel this way.
Where did most of the refugees of Syria go?
Most are trying to go to the US
How does the Sinaloa and Medellin cartels operate?
Any organized crime that deals with drug trafficking
What does the Medellin cartel " specialize" in?
Cocaine
What does the Sinaloa cartel "specialize" in?
Meth
How did the drug cartels get away with everything?
By overcoming or buying out the government
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