Uncovered Document Instructs ISIS Not To Attack US Coalition Aircraft In Iraq
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A local militia recently uncovered ISIS documents
near Mosul that explicitly tell jihadists not to attack US coalition
aircraft in Mosul or the surrounding area.
Credit – Iraqi News
During US election season, WikiLeaks confirmed what many
already suspected, that the US government, or at least certain members
of it, were implicitly aiding ISIS with some politicians even accepting millions
from the very same governments who fund the notorious jihadist group.
Despite this, Mosul, an ISIS stronghold in Iraq, has been the target of a
much-publicized US-Iraqi joint military campaign to liberate the city
from ISIS control. Yet prior to the campaign’s launch, the US, along
with ISIS-funding Saudi Arabia, allowed over 9,000 ISIS fighters
safe passage from Mosul to Syria. This move suggested that the US sees
ISIS as a means to an end, shuffling fighters away from Iraq – where the
US can then declare “victory” over ISIS in the area – while moving
thousands of jihadists to Syria to support the US’ overarching goal of
regime change in that country.
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document uncovered by a local militia instructs ISIS fighters not to
target coalition aircraft in the area Credit – Sputnik Arabic
Recent developments suggest that the cooperation between
ISIS and the US government goes both ways. Just days ago, the Nineveh
Plain Protection Unit, a local Assyrian Christian militia, made an interesting discovery
in the recently-liberated Iraqi city of Bakhdida, 19 miles (32 km) from
the city of Mosul. The militia acquired documents from a so-called ISIS
“mobilization center,” which ISIS sets up in cities they control in
order to mobilize the local population and train new recruits. One of
the documents found there explicitly tells ISIS fighters not to attack
US coalition aircraft. The document itself reads: “It is strictly
forbidden to shoot down, using any weapons whatsoever, any aircraft that
is in the air, no matter what height they are flying at, even if the
aircraft lands on the rooftop of houses.” The decree was signed by local
ISIS leader Abu Muawia.
Though the decree refers to all aircraft in the area,
the only active military aircrafts in and around Mosul are US-coalition
planes. If ISIS is so intent on holding onto Mosul in Iraq, why would
they not try to defend their territory by any means necessary? Why are
US coalition planes being excluded? The answer could lie in how
coalition planes, tasked with hitting ISIS targets, are frequently
accused of hitting local militias and the Iraqi military instead, making
their continued incompetence (or complicity, depending on your
perspective) useful to the jihadist group.
For example, last month, a pro-government Iraqi militia was bombed by coalition planes
near Mosul after they had successful repelled an ISIS offense, killing
21 and allowing ISIS to regain lost territory. The same has been true in
Syria, where the US’ “Anti-ISIS” bombing campaign allowed ISIS to triple
their land-holdings, that is until Russia joined the conflict and
actually began targeting ISIS encampments on behalf of the Syrian
government. As long as the US remains involved in military operations
targeting ISIS, their true intentions will continue to remain dubious at
best, especially if more evidence is uncovered that hints at
coordination between the two.
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