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Secret Documents: ISIL Planned Occupation of Syria Long Ago

© AFP 2023 / Tauseef MUSTAFAKashmiri demonstrators hold up a flag of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) during a demonstration against Israeli military operations in Gaza
Kashmiri demonstrators hold up a flag of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) during a demonstration against Israeli military operations in Gaza - Sputnik International
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Secret documents obtained by the German magazine “Der Spiegel” revealed the true strategy of the Islamic State terrorist group.

The German magazine “Der Spiegel” revealed that the religious fanaticism, which ISIL presents as its ideology, is not the group’s central focus. Their main goal was to conquer Syria and this move was planned by ISIL members long ago.

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The secret documents contain information about the strategy and structure of the terrorist group. They also explain how the terrorists managed to gain the upper hand in most parts of Syria.

The papers revealed a number of highly complex intelligence methods, based on widespread espionage, surveillance and murder. ISIL members pretended to be Islamic preachers and spied on their opponents.

They also passed on information to their leadership about power structures and weak points in populated areas.

ISIL members were also responsible for organizing systematic "kidnappings" of charismatic rebel leaders and murdering them to prevent potential resistance, followed by massive military attacks supported by local armed agents.

All of these plans were implemented, “Der Spiegel” wrote, based on the results of their own investigation and the secret documents. Hundreds of pages contain records of planned espionage operations, intelligence activities and methods to maintain their grip on the occupied areas.

The documents reportedly belonged to a former Iraqi colonel known under the pseudonym Haji Bakr, who joined ISIL in 2004, and was killed in Syria in January 2014.

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