![]() ![]() Zarqawi was, in fact, never aligned with the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, but upon Saddam’s fall disgruntled Sunni Muslims flocked to him, as he carried out appalling attacks on not only foreign troops, but Shiite Muslims and even Sunnis who did not share his beliefs. The beginning and central passages of Black Flags focus primarily on the life and ideas of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a Jordanian terrorist whose presence in Iraq and ties to al-Qaeda were used as justification for the 2003 Iraq invasion. Since their confrontation, with not only “infidels” non-Muslims but their more modern, tolerant Muslim neighbors is ongoing, Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS focuses primarily on the ideology, and the mistakes, that have contributed to the ISIS presence today.Īs such, aside from their appearance in the prologue, the names “ISIS” and “Islamic State” do not actually appear until two-thirds of the way into the book. These flags, and the territory they currently fly over in Iraq and Syria, are considered a fulfillment of an old Hadith prophecy about “mighty men” who would one day establish an Islamic caliphate and set up a final confrontation with the non-believers. The “black flags” of this book’s title refer to the banners carried by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria – the group of extremists sometimes called Daesh, sometimes the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, but most frequently referred to as ISIS. ![]()
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