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Period: to
US involvement in Iraq
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Al Qaeda in Iraq is declared a FTO by DoS
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Name changed to Mujahideen Shura Council
Date unclear -
Name changed to Islamic State in Iraq or ISI
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Period: to
Syrian Civil War
to present day -
US Pulls out of Iraq
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ISIL raids iraqi prison to release imates for jihad
date unclear -
ISIL takes control of Fallujah and Ramadi
First report of incidents -
Period: to
ISIL gains territory in northern Syria
dates unclear -
ISIL takes control of Tikrit and Mosul
also take over of prisons and an oil refinery -
ISIL takes control of Tel 'Afar Military Airport
acquiries resources -
Changes name to Islamic State
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ISIL declares controlled territory as Caliphate
Names Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as Caliph -
Obama Orders Airstrikes against ISIL
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ISIL releases footage of a US journalist being killed
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UK raises terror threat level to severe
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Video of US journalist Sotloff being killed
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Australian terror level to high