Terrorist Leak

From Yahoo:

"Western security services probe IS identity leak reports"

 

Western intelligence services examined Thursday a potential treasure trove of leaked IS files, some of which were deemed likely to be authentic by German officials despite the doubts of many experts. The documents contain details including the names, dates of birth and phone numbers of Islamic State group recruits, according to British and German media. Copies of the documents broadcast by Sky News showed that recruits had to answer 23 questions including on their blood type, mother's maiden name, "level of sharia understanding" and previous experience. Sky said the documents contained the identities of some 22,000 IS group members from 51 countries, including from northern Europe, the Middle East, north Africa, the United States and Canada. Richard Barrett, formerly a senior figure in Britain's MI6 overseas intelligence service, said the leak would be "an absolute gold mine of information of enormous significance and interest" if genuine. The information could help Western security agencies trying to track down returning jihadists by bringing to light the connections between them.  Tens of thousands of foreign jihadists -- mostly from north Africa and the Middle East -- have joined the ranks of the IS group in Iraq and Syria. The group has suffered setbacks on the ground following a US-led campaign for its eradication but it still controls large swathes of territory and has a supply of new recruits, experts said. Britain's interior ministry said it did not comment on national security matters but Prime Minister David Cameron's spokeswoman said the government would "look at how this information can be used in the fight against Daesh," another term for Islamic State. German federal police spokesman Markus Koths said there was "a very high probability" that documents concerning German jihadists that were reported by media were genuine. German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere earlier this week said they would help "a better understanding of the structures" of IS and pave the way for "faster, clearer investigations and higher prison sentences".  Experts said the documents would be valuable if authentic, although they pointed out mistakes and uncharacteristic language in the forms. The Arabic name for "The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria," IS's previous nomenclature, is written in two different ways, including one that is not consistent with past practice.  Files documenting the deaths of IS militants use the words "date of killing" instead of the typical jihadist term "martyrdom." Sky reported that a disillusioned former member had handed over the documents on a memory stick that had been stolen from the head of the group's internal security police. Names on the list include Reyaad Khan, a 21-year-old British jihadist who Britain's government said was planning attacks on Britain before being killed by a British drone in Syria last year. Another on the list was Junaid Hussain, a British computer hacker described by British authorities as a key IS operative, who died in a 2015 US air strike. The alleged leak comes with Western security services on high alert against the possibility of fresh jihadist massacre following the Paris attacks spree last November.

 

 

 

^ If this list if real then it will give the West a major advantage over ISIS. Hopefully, the names of people in the list will be researched (while the documents are being examined as authentic or not) so  that they can't go into hiding or commit a terrorist act.  It would be great if these documents were real since it would not only help understand the internal workings of ISIS, but to also know that they aren't  as united as they claim to be.  ^ 

https://news.yahoo.com/names-22-000-members-leaked-news-channel-report-235212729.html