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toc 1. Saul Chamorro: Prezzi presentation 2. Sergio Vellisca: Maps 3. Natalia Gonzalez: Prezzi presentation 4. Isabel Andaluz: Voki 5. Victor Castaño: Timeline

=**CURRENT NEWSPAPER: ISLAMIC STATE**=

**WHAT IS THE ISLAMIC STATE?**
The Islamic State is a terrorist grup, from jihadist Sunni nature,self-proclamed caliphate, placed in a large territory of Irak and Syria controlled by radicals who are faithful to Abu Bakr al- Baghdadi, self-styled " Caliph of all Muslims ."

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DIPITY
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NEWS OF THE ISIS

 * [|New terrorist attack in Tunis with two spanish people death] **
 * ** Mar 18, 2015 **The tourist heart of the capital Tunis, the only country in the region that has managed to complete the transition to democracy after the Arab Spring, this Wednesday was the scene of a terrorist attack. At least 19 people, including 17 foreigners, were killed in an attack by the attack Bardo Museum, an institution located in the same complex of buildings that Parliament, according to a government balance revised downward. The dead tourists contains a couple of Catalan retirees. Travellers also of Italian nationality, Japanese French, Polish, Australian and Colombian officials said. In the attack have also killed a policeman and a bus driver Tunisians, while fifty people were injured. Two of the attackers were killed.

[|"We can"] ** Mar 17, 2015 ** The Iraqi ambassador in Spain, Wadee to Batti, said Tuesday that Iraq and its security forces are strong enough to fight alone the terrorist group Islamic State and reiterated that all they need is the Western air support offensive and materials. [|Injured or killed?] ** Mar 16, 2015 ** The Afghan government announced this Sunday the death of ten militants of the Islamic State jihadi group, including one of the commanders of training and alleged leader of the group in the country, during an operation in Helmand province. ** Mar 15, 2015 ** US Secretary of State, John Kerry, has recognized that at the end, his country will have to negotiate with Syrian President Bashar al Assad to push a political process that serves to end the war in Syria. Kerry made these remarks in an interview with CBS.

// [|Boko Haram loyalty] // ** Mar 13, 2015 ** The leader of the Islamic State, Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, has "accepted" the "oath" by the Nigerian military Boko Haram and urged all "brothers" Muslims in Africa to fight for the sake of self-proclaimed caliphate.

// [|Tikrit "liberation"] //

** Mar 12, 2015 ** Iraqi government forces have entered this Wednesday in the center of the town of Tikrit and have announced their "liberation" after ten-day offensive to try to expel the jihadist militants Islamic State.

// [|French police investigates] // //** Mar 11, 2015 ** The French police are investigating whether the two members of the Islamic State, a child and an adult have executed an alleged Mossad agent familiar Merá Mohamed, author of the attack on a Jewish school in Toulouse in 2012, as reported by a source body Reuters security. //

[|New terrorist attack] **Mar 10, 201**5 At least five members of the Iraqi security forces and parts thereof kurdas-- peshmerga forces have killed Monday in three car bombings in Kirkuk province, located in the north of the country. "Three car bombs exploded in the area of Mullah Ali, southeast of Kirkuk in an attack against Iraqi security forces and the peshmerga. Five of them have died and 30 others were injured," security sources have said quoted by news portal Iraqi news. [|Jihadi John apologise] ** Mar 9, 2015 ** Mohamed Emwazi, known as 'Jihadi John' and one of the main executors of jihadist Islamic State, has apologized to his family for the problems that has generated after identification, as reported by the British newspaper The Sunday Times.

[|Britain plans legislation to airlines in attempt to curb adherence to Islamic State] ** Mar 8, 2015 ** Britain will present a package of new laws next week for airlines not move passengers who may be traveling to join the militant group Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, said Sunday the Sunday Times. Thousands of foreigners from over 80 countries have joined the ranks of the Islamic State (EI) and other radical groups in Syria and Iraq, including a British known as "jihadist John", who appears in several videos of beheadings.

[|Dozens of people have been killed in Maiduguri] ** Mar 7, 2015 ** Dozens of people have been killed in a double suicide bombing on Saturday in the city of Maiduguri, in northeastern Nigeria, as reported by the Nigerian newspaper Vanguard 'on its website quoting official sources. The attack was allegedly perpetrated by two suicide bombers who appeared to be a couple and detonated the explosive charge that carried amid Baga market, which was crowded at that time. .

[|The ISIS destroys Hatra] ** Mar 7, 2015 ** State Islamic militants have destroyed the ancient city of Hatra, south of Mosul (Ninawa), officials said. The city, which dates from 200 BC, was the capital of ancient Parthian Empire. "State Islamic militants have begun to destroy shoveled the historic city of Harta, near Mosul. It is a historical place from which many famous kings have ruled," explained an official of the Kurdistan Democratic Party to Mosul.

[|The number of young people who enlist in the ISIS increases] ** Mar 6, 2015 ** The number of young Americans aroud twenty years old who enlist to ISISEl FBI and the Department of National Intelligence of the United States have reported the arrest of two young Americans between 21 and 17 years in California and Virginia, accused of trying to travel to Syria and recruit new members to the ranks of Islamic jihadist group State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

[|24 Christians released by the Islamic State] ** Mar 4, 2015 ** A total of 24 Assyrian Christians have been released by the Islamic State in the province of Al Hasakah, of the 56 who were kidnapped on February 23, as reported by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The hostages have been released in the towns of Tal Shamira and Tal Koran "after a court ordered the Islamic State as the February 28". An Assyrian military has indicated that the jihadist group still retains the wife of one of the released "which will have to resort to the Archbishop for Sunni militants return it

[|UN warns of the efforts of the Islamic State by becoming strong in Libya] ** Mar 4, 2015 ** The militants of the Islamic State "will stop at nothing" in his attempt to gain a foothold in Libya on the current political vacuum has warned the United Nations special envoy to the North African country, the Spanish Bernardino León

[|Nine new Atacks vs the ISIS] ** Mar 3, 2015 ** The international coalition has released nine air strikes against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria between the day on Sunday and Monday, as reported by the US Central Command. In Syria, the international forces have bombed a collection point near Deir Ezzor fuel and bunker and a vehicle around Kobani. In Iraq, the bombings have been made against tactical units, fighting positions, checkpoints, vehicles and boats near Al Asad, Baiji and Kirkuk. It has also been destroyed a complex of the Islamic State around Mosul. The United States leads the 'Operation Resolution Inherent', which form part 60 both Western and Arab countries. In August they launched their offensive on Iraq and a month later they expanded to Syria.

[|Boko Haram beheads two people in a new video] ** Mar 3, 2015 ** The Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram has posted a video showing the beheading of two people it accuses of spying, as reported by the US broadcaster Voice of America. In the video, entitled 'Harvest spies' and you can see a flag of the Islamic State, two people who are forced to kneel while several masked militants appear behind his carrying knives appear. Before decapitation, one man identified as Muhammad Dawood, a resident of the town of Baga claims to have accepted the equivalent of $ 25 a police officer for spying for the authorities.

[|Abdullah II said that the fight against Islamic State is "its war"] ** Mar 2, 2015 ** Abdullah II said that the fight against Islamic State is "its war" King Abdullah II of Jordan has said this Monday that the war on Islamic State is "the war" and that Jordan has "a responsibility towards the Islamic community and prevent attacks by jihadists before they reach our border", said the monarch in an exclusive interview with CNN. Thus, the Jordanian leader has said that jihadists can not argue that other Muslim nations do not attack them because they are Muslim peers who have been attacked. "The militants try to see them as victims," said Abdullah, "but what about the hundreds, if not thousands, of Muslims who have been killed in Syria and Iraq over the last year and a half?" He noted.

[|At least 16 killed in Tikrit offensive to wrest the Islamic State] ** Mar 2, 2015 ** At least 16 soldiers and Shiite militiamen have been killed in the offensive launched on the city of Tikrit, north of Baghdad, now in the hands of the Islamic State. The objective of the government forces is to expel the jihadists in the province of Salahuddin. The attack has encountered stiff resistance from jihadist militants, who have had months to fortify their positions and have killed at least 11 Shiite militiamen and five soldiers, victims of fire guns and bombs, according to military and medical sources. Moreover, east of Samarra, a suicide bomber has detonated a car bomb on a convoy of Shiite militias. Four militants were killed, according to police and hospital officials. Another 30 militants were hurt in the fighting in Al Dour.

[|Jihadi John] ** Mar 1, 2015 ** **'**Jihadi John' reported that after meeting with MI5 felt like a "living dead" The militant Islamic State Emwazi Mohamed, known as 'Jihadi John', of London origin, reported being harassed for years by the British Intelligence Service, which made him feel "living dead" and even suicidal. After unravel the identity of 'Jihadi John', a 26 years with university studies has become one of the executioners of the Islamic State, has opened a debate in Britain about the reasons that have led the young man to join the ISIS. In recent days there have been news about his time in high school and college, being investigated by the authorities. The MI5 acknowledged aware of its existence, although he defended himself against accusations of failing to prevent his departure to the ISIS

[|Pope Francis] ** Mar 1, 2015 ** The Pope Francis Sunday denounced the "intolerable brutality" committed against Christians and other minorities in Iraq and Syria by the terrorist group Islamic State, as reported by Vatican Radio. "Do not stop, unfortunately, dramatic news arrived from Syria and Iraq, concerning violence, kidnappings and abuses against Christians and other groups," he sustained. "We want to assure the people involved in these situations not forget, but we are close to them and pray fervently that the earliest possible end to the intolerable brutality of which they are victims," he added. Prezi presentasion media type="custom" key="27608042"