Writer: Assistant Lecturer. Ali Murad al-Abadi
Center for strategic studies/ Crisis management Department
Translated by: Hiba Abbas Mohammed Ali
Reviewed by: Lecturer. Hussain B Abdulameer
10/5/2020
Terrorist organizations activities have been based on using many techniques to achieve their goals through short ways, these organizations still depend on sleeper cells as a clandestine cell, by throwing their individuals or recruit others to carry out certain tasks, as well as Integrating with the incubator environment and carrying out specific attacks without using a large forces able in order only to burnout the security forces, these organizations are active in areas under government control, as soon as appropriate conditions exist to attack , as we have seen with Al Qaeda network earlier, and then ISIS organization in Iraq.
This concept emerged -in Iraq- practically after the occupation of Mosul by a few groups of ISIS and then quickly moved to large and distant cities – with the security forces faltering- after giving orders to the sleeper cells to spread and turn to be active.
Iraq’s ability to control the cities that occupied earlier by ISIS hand, his incubators retreat, disbanding it’s cells, the collapse of its organization and his leader have killed, all these issues has made the organization retreat and unable to finance itself, but earlier this year the organization did many operations at the high ways out of cities and desert roads and remote areas and “Hamrin Basin” before forming small groups attacking countrysides of big cities like Mosul, Kirkuk, Salahuddin, Diyala and Baghdad outskirts.
After the last attack that took place on 2/5/2020, ISIS managed to reached inside the city’s, and engage the security forces and the popular crowd, to carry out its attack that killed more than ten martyrs in addition to the death of the executed group, then the security forces controlled “Mkeshefa” city, the scene of the attack, according to security experts, ISIS aims to return to the international media front, increasing access to finance and sending a message of assurance to its fighters that it is still active, so “Ramadan” is the best month for the organization to attack. The return of the organization comes after the American reports published in different sites refers to the spread of more than 2000 fighter along the border strip with Syria, its adjacent areas, deserts and hideouts, moving throw tunnel system as well as incubators near big cities.
ISIS uses smuggling, royalties and donations to finance its activities, so it is maybe use some money in quick-win projects like fish lakes and land cultivation, therefore the Intelligence services must follow these Networks and dismantle them and implementing border control and follow up the organization’s media sites to prevent the requirement of new groups to work in the organization’s area.
Therefore Al- khadimi should filling security gaps, address previous failures, intensifying the efforts of refugees return in some camps, border control, and coordination with international coalition for air coverage. This will be on of Al-khadimi priorities especially after last attacks, We may be witnessing a reorganization of sectors in the coming days, especially after the chase operations by security forces against ISIS members in Al Anbar desert toward Al-Nukhib in Karbala borders, there is a need to reactivating these operations in another cities and intensifying the intelligence effort to prevent the return of the ISIS activities.
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