ISIS - What's the Threat?

For years the so called 'War on Terror' was nothing more than a myth that was played out by politicians whose ethical eyes were over shadowed by black gold (oil). The war in Iraq and Afghanistan remain in the public eye, despite official ceasefire in 2011, but there is now a brand new threat to region.

ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Al Sham) is the biggest threat to British security for decades. Many people have disregarded the threat of ISIS as another scaremongering organisation that will fight using Guerrilla tactics. However this organisation isn't anything like al-Qaeda, in fact al-Qaeda and ISIS aren't the best of friends. To describe how bad ISIS is, al-Qaeda have come out by saying they are 'too extreme!'

If you take al-Qaeda make it ten times worse, revolutionise and digitise it then fund it billions of pounds; you have ISIS. The military group is sweeping through parts of Asia with strongholds already in war torn Syria and Northern Iraq.

An ISIS member with the ISIS flag. Picture courtesy of now.media.

There is a threat also here in Britain - David Cameron has expressed his concern over the growth of the terrorist organisation. Many British Muslims (mostly youngsters) are making there way out to Syria and Iraq to fight for ISIS; a worry not only for British civilians but also the families of the young Muslims being brainwashed.

ISIS has changed the way terrorism works it's getting it's support through social media campaigns, therefore reaching young vulnerable Muslims worldwide to get support from them. Social media has meant ISIS is using propaganda to promote it's organisation. British ISIS members are doing the same with one preaching to his British Muslims friends to avenge the death of a Saudi woman in Essex.

The major threat is when all the jihadi fighters come back from the fighting in the Middle East they'll try and brainwash other people, as they have been - leaving Britain exposed to terrorist attacks by it's own civilians. Downing Street has claimed there has been 65 arrests in the past 18 months because of jihadi related activities, that number is expected to rise.

These pictures and videos have come up all over the internet encouraging young Muslims to fight for ISIS. Picture courtesy of cnn

The problem is not just in Britain ISIS claim it has fighters from  France, Germany, U.S and the Arab world - making this a worldwide problem. From that ISIS can spread their propaganda worldwide easily now as they brand themselves on social media like any other normal modern organisation/business does.

Britain threat is low key in comparison with ISIS's priorities elsewhere, the real threat from Britain is when the fighters come back to Britain and try to sell the ISIS brand to youngsters. David Cameron has said  Britain needs to act in the middle east now before the threat hits home  - although after the last war in Iraq that can't be the popular public vote.

A war with a multi billion pound organisation would mean total warfare for both sides. With the help of the U.N and the rest of the world, that should also be looking over their shoulder that the mess ISIS is causing, ISIS can be terminated so the Middle East can hopefully once again end the bloodshed it has had to endure for far too long.