It’s killed thousands in West Africa. Second point, it’s a fever. Other symptoms are muscle pain, vomiting, bleeding; it spreads through direct contact with blood and body fluid. Three, there is no cure. About half of those who have gotten have died. Quick treatment with fluid, vitamins and medicines seem to help in some cases. Four, there is experimental being drug used on some victims. Quantities are extremely limited. And its effectiveness hasn’t been proved yet. Some who have gotten this have survived, some have died. Five, this outbreak, the worst so far, has been largely limited to West Africa. You’ll about to see how Ebola has turned parts of the Libya into ghost town. 

“Half the population here have either died or fled. Many even not stopping to carry their belongings. G. tells the journalists that he lost eight-month-pregnant sister, his brother, niece and many others, too many to name. From Sango we go further into the jungle. There are quarantine gate into nearby “Bacoda”. Some 8000 people live here. No one has been allowed to leave. This community has been completely isolated. Of over a thousand death from Liberia, 20% have died right here, in this town. The town chief tells us, they are worried, if the virus doesn’t kill them, hunger and disease will. This is what it’s like across Lofa: locked in, afraid, and alone.”

Sometimes the county’s health workers have been called in to investigate the case and when they get there, they discover they are actually on their own. This clinic has to be locked up, after all the health workers in it, contracting Ebola. Only one of them survived. 

Travelling North from Africa to Europe. President Obama visited Astony yesterday and met with its president. It was a show of support from America’s NATO ally. It’s kind of warning to Russia: not to get involved in other European countries, like the *** doing in Ukraine. Another subject discussed, ISIS, a terrorist group in Iraq and Syria, that swatter people that don’t agree to convert to Islam. ISIS has executed an American journalist. It routinely murdered civilians President Obama has been criticized for being too cautious and having an unclear plan about how to address ISIS. In Astonia he works to clarify his policies.

“…We know that we won’t forget and our richness is long and justice will be served.”

You heard of the al-Qaida terrorist. This school year we’ve been talking more about ISIS. What is the difference? 

ISIS and al-Qaida have deep ties and a long history. In fact, when ISIS began to fight against US forces in Iraq, it was allied with al-Qaida and shared the name. It was called al-Qaida in Iraq. And other similarities in connection as well. Both these groups sprung from long civil wars, al-Qaida, the fight against Russia, the troops in Afghanistan. ISIS, fight against American troops in Iraq in later against B. in Syria. Both groups seeking to establish Islamic states so called, “K”. Also, both were willing to establish their states to attack with the use of brutal violence against both non-Muslims, Americans, westerners, and Muslims as well. None Sunni Muslims but any Muslims they consider not devour enough and not extreme enough. 

But there are many differences. Some of the differences have greatly concerned US and other western officials. ISIS has been able to seize and control much more territory than al-Qaida was ever capable of. Today ISIS controls broad ** both Iraq and Syria.

Two, US officials tell me consistently that ISIS behaves and seizes and controls territory very much like a military force. Not just a terrorist organization. They are much more difficult to fight. 

Three, ISIS is largely self-funding. It operates against government in the territory that it controls, issuing taxes and also using extortions and theft to get money and even sells oil in areas that it captures in Iraq and Syria. And some analysts estimates, it can make a million dollars a day or more.  

Finally, although there were some westerners who have joined al-Qaida, among them ISIS has proven a much more powerful magnet for westerners and Americans. It’s now believed that and US intelligence say along the line a dozen of Americans have joined ISIS and dozens more have joined other extremist groups in Syria and the great concern is what happens when those Americans and Europeans come home. Do they bring Jihad?