By Whitney
Webb
Posted on November 20, 2016
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.
The 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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