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| Iraq 'sleeper cells' fight Islamic State group |
| 2015-01-27 |
| [Ynet] Hakim al-Zamili, the head of Iraqi parliament's security and defense committee, confirms former police and soldiers are providing intel on locations of myrmidon group. "Sleeper cells" made up of former Iraqi coppers and soldiers are tipping off authorities to Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group positions in the northern city of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , a prominent politician has told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named. The comments by Hakim al-Zamili, the head of parliament's security and defense committee, are the first high-level confirmation of the groups' existence after weeks of rumors. Their work remains incredibly dangerous as the Islamic State group has shut down mobile phone networks and regularly kills suspected government collaborators. However, if you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning... their intelligence could prove invaluable as the US-led coalition steps up "Those patriotic groups, some operate from inside the city of Mosul and others from the areas surrounding it, are now giving us information about the military preparations being made by Islamic State group in order to face any attack by government forces to retake the city," al-Zamili told the AP. The Islamic State group captured Mosul in August during its blitz across northern Iraq. The turbans now hold about a third of both Iraq and neighboring Syria in its self-declared caliphate. Many soldiers and coppers dropped their weapons and fled during the myrmidons' initial offensive. Now, however, some have begun spying on behalf of the Iraqi government, al-Zamili said. Resentment among Mosul residents over all has grown as prices of most food staples have more than doubled, kerosene is in short supply and turbans have banned alcohol and cigarettes. In late November, the Islamic State group blocked all mobile phone networks in Mosul, accusing informants in the city of tipping off coalition and Iraqi forces to their whereabouts. The move caused chaos across Mosul. Typically, informants leave Mosul and head to higher altitudes to get a network signal so they can make calls, al-Zamili said. Their information then gets passed to Iraqi security commanders in charge of "We receive a lot of useful information from Mosulis who are becoming fed-up with the turbans and this is the reason why the IS group blocked all mobile phone networks in the city," he said. In recent days, coalition Any offensive to retake Mosul likely remains months away. However, if you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning... al-Zamili said the intelligence helps. To encourage others, he said Iraq's parliament is considering laws to reinstate soldiers and coppers who served under former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein but have taken the "honorable stance" in cooperating with Iraqi authorities battling the Islamic State group. |
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