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ISIS
Is Hiring Judges, Doctors And Engineers As Al-Qaeda Prepares For War
Against Caliphate
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July, 2014
As
we reported
earlier, in what was
perhaps the first official action by the jihadists with the glossy
year end brochures,
the newly crated ISIS Caliphate which stretches from Syria to Iraq
(and which is not longer ISIS, just IS, or Islamic State) made a
global call urging the Muslim proletariat to immigrate to the newly
created territory in a clear example of what in the US would be
called "porous" immigration policy. Judging the by the
expansive proposed borders, the terrorist organization, which in the
past has received occasional training and support by the US and with
a penchant for cannibalism will have a while to wait before its
removes all the slack from its incipient economy, more or less like
the Fed.
But perhaps more curious is that the leader of the self-proclaimed al-Qaeda spin off nation, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in addition to a broad religious call to arms, so to speak, also beckoned workers with a specific skillset to present themselves for duty: namely those with military, medical and managerial skills were urged to flock to the newly-declared state in an audio recording released Tuesday.
As
Al
Arabiya reports,
the newly named “caliph” said the appeal especially applied to
“judges
and those who have military and managerial and service skills, and
doctors and engineers in all fields.”
It
goes without saying that IS is also in need to fighters (not to
mention suicide bombers, although compensation arrangements there
could be problematic): Baghdadi also addressed the group’s
fighters, saying that “your brothers in all the world are waiting”
to be rescued by them.
“Terrify
the enemies of Allah and seek death in the places where you expect to
find it,” he said. “Your brothers, on every piece of this earth,
are waiting for you to rescue them.”
“By
Allah, we will take revenge, by Allah we will take revenge, even if
after a while,” Baghdadi said. “Fighters should “embrace the
chance and champion Allah’s religion through jihad,” he added
Undated
file picture claims to show Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Furthermore,
since the caliphate
is now wealthier than
its ideological competitor Al Qaeda ever was, it just may be the case
that Europe (and/or the US) may suddenly experience a major skilled
worker brain drain as the best doctors, managers and engineers rush
to get paid by terrorists, with the occasional virgin thrown in as a
Christmas bonus.
Perhaps
ironically, the biggest question now is not whether or not IS(IS)
will continue its jihad against Baghdad and seek to branch out by,
say, crossing the Atlantic - that much is guaranteed - but what
happens with the abovementioned Al Qaeda itself, which will hardly
stand idly by and watch as it is upstaged by its formerly smaller,
and (formerly) far more irrelevant spin off.
According
to AFP,
the declaration of an Islamic caliphate in parts of Iraq and Syria is
a direct challenge to Al-Qaeda and
could set off a dangerous contest for the leadership of the global
jihadist movement, experts say.
Paradoxically,
it would be the West that suffers the most:
Desperate
to retain its preeminent role, the movement behind September 11 may
be driven to carry out fresh attacks on Western targets to prove it
remains relevant.
"This
competition between jihadists could be very dangerous," said
Shashank Joshi of the London-based Royal United Services Institute,
warning that Al-Qaeda may look to make a "spectacular" show
of force.
The
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) announced on Sunday it
was establishing a caliphate in parts of Iraq and Syria where it has
seized control. A form of government last seen under the Ottoman
Empire, a caliphate has been a long-held dream of radical jihadists
who want to impose their version of Islamic sharia law.
Renaming
itself simply the Islamic State (IS), the group also daringly
declared its chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as caliph and "leader
for Muslims everywhere".
Here
is where it gets interesting: Al-Qaeda
can hardly ignore what is essentially a declaration of war from an
upstart that has scored a string of successes, said Magnus Ranstorp,
an expert on radical Islamic movements at the Swedish National
Defence College.
"The
competition has already started," he said. "Al-Baghdadi
already refused to pledge allegiance to (Al-Qaeda leader Ayman)
al-Zawahiri and now he can say: 'Look what we have accomplished...
You are just somewhere, we don't know where, talking on the
Internet.'"
For
a new, younger generation of radical Islamic militants, Al-Qaeda with
its grey-bearded 63-year-old leader is no longer the draw it was
under Osama bin Laden.
Believed
to be holed up in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region, Zawahiri in
their eyes seems to have done little in recent years beyond issuing
statements and videos.
Finally,
in what could be the coup de grace in its recruitment efforts, the
Islamic State is allowing its cannibal terrorists to use FaceBook and
Twitter. In other words, the original Al Qaeda will have to blow up
some really big and really symbolic buildings to regain its coolness
factor from its much younger and much hipper Islamic State terrorist
competition.
1st
JULY IRAQ SITREP by Mindfriedo
1st
July: Iraqi MPs are sworn in but fail to reach consensus or after
interval quorum needed. The 225 MPs present were supposed to start by
selecting a speaker for the house; the speaker has to be a Sunni as
per the constitution. The house has been adjourned to Tuesday next
week. Kurdish MPs and those of the Union of National Forces withdrew
their members resulting in the minimum quorum of 150 not being met.
The Kurdish MPs were upset when they were accused of giving shelter
to rebel groups in Kurdistan. The Motahedoun coalition, which is led
by the Sunni ex speaker Osama al-Nujaifi, the Kurds, and the Shia
National Coalition opposed a third term for Maliki and withdrew.
1st
July: At least 14 people are injured and one dead in mortar attacks
on the Askari shrine in Samarra. The shrine was unharmed. The Iraqi
air force carried out retaliatory air strikes on the militants
targeting the shrine. The man killed was a construction worker
repairing the shrine. Shells had landed near their caravans parked
150 meters from the shrine.
1st
July: Turkey has seen a sharp decline of its exports to Iraq. The
trade between the two countries was 12 billion USD annually but has
decreased by 21%.
1st
July: The Iraqi interior ministry has given orders to provide for the
volunteers aiding the security forces.
1st
July: The President of Kurdistan, Massoud Barzani, has declared his
intention to hold an independence referendum soon. Dates are yet to
be decided.
1st
July: Turkey has criticized any move to create an independent Kurdish
state. It has referred to Iraq as “an existing state with an
existing constitution.” However, Erdogan has expressed a desire to
continue importing crude oil from Iraqi Kurdistan.
1st
July: Hossein Amir Abdul Allahaan, the Deputy Foreign Minister of
Iran has during his visit to Moscow referred to Daash in Iraq as the
“US attempt to make Iraq a second Ukraine.” He has declared
Iran’s willingness to supply military equipment to Baghdad.
1st
July: The United States is sending an additional 200 men to Iraq
along with additional drones and helicopters to protect its
interests.
1st
July: Mosul is suffering from water shortages (the main water supply
station has been bombed), food shortages, and power shortages.
1st
July: The governor of Ninaveh, Athel Al Nujaifi has asked Maliki and
his ministers to realize the real cause of the fall of Mosul. He has
blamed the collapse on the corruption of officers from the
intelligence, interior and defense ministries.
He has also named
specific units such as the second brigade of extortion and oil
smuggling. The oil was being smuggled to Daash. He has also pointed
out that repeated letters sent to the respective ministries had
resulted in no concrete result as the corrupt officers held sway.
1st
July: The UN has listed 2417 Iraqis killed in June 2014.
1st
July: Images have appeared showing Daash fighters wrapped in and
using “YURT KUR” Turkey University Students’ blankets.
1st
July: Tweets reportedly sent by Daash (not sure if this is genuine,
propaganda, or counter propaganda) claim to want to attack the Kaba
and destroy it. The tweets claim that Muslims are praying to a black
stone.
1st
July: Daash fighters have paraded a Scud Missile on its carrier in
their Capital Raqqa, Syria or DI of Daash. The missile is believed to
be inoperable.
1st
July: Iraq governments tally for the day:
Daash
commander for Kirkuk region is killed by Iraqi Security Services in
Kirkuk province. His name was Abu Bakr al-Shishani.
50
Daash fighters killed in the west of Mosul. Abu Ayman, a foreign
fighter from Afghanistan, was amongst the dead.
Mansouriya
district north of Baqouba, Diyal Province saw fresh clashes between
rebel fighters and security personnel. One soldier and three Daash
fighters are reported killed.
Two
IEDs had exploded in Baghdad on Monday not one as reported earlier.
They were in western and southern Baghdad killing nine civilians.
A
Kurdish civilian was killed by terrorists in al-Aitha village north
east of Baqouba.
Further
reading:
An
excellent article on RT on shared heritage of Iraq, not just of its
sects but Humanity
An
article on a Jewish blog that talks about Israeli involvement in
Iraqi Kurdistan, including that of Mossad. The blog is primarily
about Jewish refugees:
An
Article on RT that shows a map of how the oil flows
Fighting
extremism a dollar at a time
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