ISIS Reasons for succes

1. Economic stabillity

1.1. Oil fields 38%

1.2. Tax 12%

1.3. Donations 2%

1.3.1. Kuwait

1.3.2. Qatar

1.3.3. Saudi arabia

1.4. Kidnap and ransom 4%

1.5. Cement 10%

1.6. Wheat and barley 7%

1.7. Phosphate products 10%

1.8. Natural gasses 17%

2. Ideological backing

2.1. Fundamentalists

2.2. Historical events

2.2.1. Colonisation

2.2.2. Crusades

2.2.3. Western bombing of Irak

2.3. Hate towards western supremacy

3. Infrastructure

3.1. Civil registration number

3.2. Fragile government and states

3.2.1. Geographic advantage

3.2.2. USA disbands the army

3.3. Kalifat

3.4. Pay

3.5. Pasport

4. Military and civil staff experience

4.1. Ex Irak military officers

4.1.1. Saddam Hussein ex regime

4.2. Higher education

4.3. Western recruitment

5. Religious sympathy

5.1. Sharia

5.2. Small jihad

6. Military supremacy

6.1. Terror based warfare

6.2. Guerrilla based warfare

6.3. Blitz krieg

6.4. USA military tecnology

7. Global Media

7.1. Terror

7.2. Western sympathizers

7.3. Recruiting through social media

7.3.1. Violence