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Sputnik EXCLUSIVE: Secret Document Tells Daesh Not to Attack US Coalition Planes

© AP Photo / Hussein MallaIraqi Christian soldiers from the Nineveh Plain Protection Unit, sit next to a poster showing the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ outside St. Addai church which was damaged by Islamic State fighters during their occupation of Keramlis village, less than 18 miles, 29 kilometers, southeast of Mosul, Iraq, Sunday Nov. 13, 2016
Iraqi Christian soldiers from the Nineveh Plain Protection Unit, sit next to a poster showing the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ outside St. Addai church which was damaged by Islamic State fighters during their occupation of Keramlis village, less than 18 miles, 29 kilometers, southeast of Mosul, Iraq, Sunday Nov. 13, 2016 - Sputnik International
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Sputnik's Arabic bureau has obtained photos of a decree by Daesh (ISIL/ISIS) leaders instructing its fighters not to attack US-led coalition aircraft operating over Mosul and the surrounding area.

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The document, discovered in the recently-liberated Iraqi city of Bakhdida, about 32 km southeast of the Daesh-held stronghold of Mosul, explicitly tells jihadis not to attack any coalition aircraft over Mosul or its suburbs.

According to Sputnik Arabic, the decree was discovered by Assyrian Christian militia on an information stand in central Bakhdida, at a so-called Daesh 'mobilization center'. Such centers were established by the terrorist group to mobilize the local population and train new recruits.

© Sputnik ArabicDecree instructing Daesh fighters not to attack coalition aircraft.
Decree instructing Daesh fighters not to attack coalition aircraft. - Sputnik International
Decree instructing Daesh fighters not to attack coalition aircraft.

The text of the decree 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 document is signed by local Daesh leader Abu Muawia.

© Sputnik ArabicDecree instructing Daesh fighters not to attack US-led coalition aircraft
Decree instructing Daesh fighters not to attack US-led coalition aircraft - Sputnik International
Decree instructing Daesh fighters not to attack US-led coalition aircraft

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The decree was discovered by the Nineveh Plain Protection Units, a militia group composed mostly of Assyrian Christians, who are concentrated in northern Iraq. The militia was formed in late 2014 to defend against Daesh, which has treated those who refused to convert to their faith with extreme brutality.

"It should be noted," Sputnik Arabic stressed, "that the competency to conduct airstrikes against Daesh in the Nineveh region lies [strictly] with planes of the international coalition led by the United States, which has repeatedly been accused of airstrikes on forces of the People's Militia and the Iraqi military, and of dropping humanitarian and military aid which has ended up in Daesh's hands."

The US and its allies began a massive campaign of airstrikes against Daesh targets in and around the northern Iraqi city of Mosul in mid-October, after Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi announced a campaign to liberate the key Daesh stronghold.

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