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IS (Islamic State) Leadership
The Islamic State leadership comprises generally of 2 types of people:
The 1st type is the Mujahideen who fought against the American (Romans) when they invaded Iraq
in 2003. The Mujahideen had previously trained in the mountains of Afghanistan under Abu Mus'ab
al-Zarqawi, then in the deserts of Iraq until the invasion began. Here they would fight back and use
the thousands of tonnes of weapons cached and stored by Saddam Hussein underground around
Iraq to fight the Americans.
They would take hold of strategic and oil-rich provinces for a source of income. They would then
fight the (Persian) Shi'a who had allied with the American (Romans) until they coul d take Iraq back
for the people of Sunnah. Their end goal was to transform Iraq into an Islamic State. By 2008, the
Majlis Shura al-Mujahideen (Commitee of united Mujahideen) had decided to form the Sunni taken
territory as the Islamic State of Iraq, under the leadership of Abu Omar al-Qurashi al-Husseini al-
Baghdadi.
The 2nd type are the ex-Baathists who were part of Saddam Hussein's army before the American
invasion of Iraq in 2003. When America invaded Iraq, it went on the hunt for Saddam and his army
officers'. Many of them fled and began an insurgency and allied with the Mujahideen against the
Americans out of sheer desperation and no alternative for refuge (the entire world was hunting
them). Many of the ex-Saddam officers had alot of experience in commanding armies, they had
knowledge in the arts and trickery of war and they had knowledge in using complex heavy
weaponry. These were the perfect people to recruit for the Islamic State of Iraq.
During the early years of the American invasion, many Mujahideen and Officers' had been caught
and imprisoned. No distinction was made because they were all resisting the occupation, and they
were all thrown into the same prisons Mujahideen were imprisoned. Here many of the ex-Saddam
officers' would hear the stories and goals of the Mujahideen and incline towards their cause before
their release.
During the 11yrs struggle (especially near the end 2008-2011 period), the Islamic State of Iraq won
over the army officers and got them onto their side. They would pay them similar to how they were
paid when under Saddam Hussein, and they would get a rank similar to how they were ranked under
Saddam Hussein. This was similar to the method of Prophet Muhammad (saws) who gave Khalid ibn
al-Waleed a high rank in the army even though he was a new Muslim. As the Islamic State of Iraq
(ISI) would grow from a guerrilla insurgent group (before 2010) into a full -fledged army (post 2013+)
-when it became the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)-, their united skills of: strong faith + pure
art of war would be clear for the entire world to see.
Abu Ottoman @RadioR_m · Jan 12
IS (Islamic State) emerged from resistance to the US occupation of Iraq. It's structure is therefore
extremely difficult for intelligence agents to penetrate.
That's the beauty of networking in prison. You make friends that you can trust. So the US prisons
formed a very hard core.
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