Islamic State of Iraq Levant....the last S in ISIS is the Arabic word "al-Sham". This can mean the Levant or Syria or even Damascus.

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Or the whole shebang: "The Levant , also known as the Eastern Mediterranean, is a geographic and cultural region consisting of the "eastern Mediterranean littoral between Anatolia and Egypt".[2] The Levant today consists of the island of Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, and part of southern Turkey (the former Aleppo Vilayet)."

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Yes.Its illegal under the law here nowadays to engage in "terrorism" overseas.

Edited by legaleagle (29 Jul 2014 12.04am)

Washington Post,16 June:

"Now, as a de-facto government, they have released a document aimed at civilians in Nineveh, a province in the country's northeast that contains the major city Mosul. Branded a "Contract of the City," the document contains 16 notes for residents.

Among the 16 notes are a number of rules ranging from the benign to the worrying. Here are some of the highlights (these are paraphrased, not direct translations):
•All Muslims will be treated well, unless they are allied with oppressors or help criminals.
•Money taken from the government is now public. Whoever steals or loots faces amputations. Anyone who threatens or blackmails will face severe punishment (This section also quotes a verse from the Quran (Al-Ma'idah: 33) that says that criminals may be killed or crucified).
•All Muslims are encouraged to perform their prayers with the group.
•Drugs, alcohol, and cigarettes are banned.
•Rival political or armed groups are not tolerated.
•Police and military officers can repent, but anyone who insists upon apostasy faces death.
•Sharia law is implemented.
•Graves and shrines are not allowed, and will be destroyed.
•A women are told that stability is at home and they should not go outside unless necessary. They should be covered, in full Islamic dress.
•Be happy to live in an Islamic land."

Hey, it's good to have ambition!
They have, of course, also declared A Caliphate. They are doing very well for a discredited off-shoot of al-Qaeda. Said to be worth over £1bn too. Their expansion is almost bound to be westward or northward as the east is blocked by their theological enemy Iran.
This could change as Saudi financial support has been interpreted as part of their ongoing tussel with Iran and ISIS would be an ideal proxy for the Saudis in any ground war.

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Isn't the establishment of a caliphate the ultimate objective of islam, though? There's some bollocks about it in the koran, I'm sure.

Anyone who thinks that the march of Islam, not just in the Middle East but here on our very doorstep, isn't something to worry about is living in cloud cuckoo land. Why don't we in the west wake up to this instead of trying to assimilate it? This is something that simply can't be negotiated - it must be stopped.