ISIS is gaining power fast, and are now attempting to control space in which it has, until now, been absent: the skies.
Islamic State terrorists are seeking experts to repair captured military aircraft for future use in suicide attacks against U.S. and allied forces in Iraq.
The terrorist group that occupies large areas of Iraq and Syria has two Russian-made Sukhoi aircraft and three Russian helicopters that it plans to use in the attacks, according to a recent report in a London-based Arabic language news outlet.
The Oct. 22 report in Al Arabi Al Jadid quoted a high-ranking officer in Baghdad assigned to the command of the international military coalition in Iraq as saying the aircraft were obtained during Islamic State military operations in Syria and Iraq.
“The international coalition’s forces are trying to locate the whereabouts of two Sukhoi planes and three Russian-made helicopters from the 1980s that had been captured by Daish [an alternative name for the Islamic State] to destroy them before the latter can use them to carry out its plans,” the officer said.
The aircraft currently are not capable of flying, and that has prompted the Islamic State to advertise for jihadist experts who can repair the aircraft.
Several captured aviation officers and experts have been executed for refusing to help the Islamic State fix the aircraft.
“The planes that Daish has are not ready for flying due to defects that require specialized experts to repair them,” the officer said.
On social media, the terrorist organization recently published an advertisement purportedly from the Islamic State’s “military industry and development commission” that sought to recruit aviation experts who can repair and fly the aircraft.
With this news, the threat of ISIS attacks beyond their borders becomes even more sobering. Without a powerful plan to stop the organization, larger scale terrorist attacks may be looming just around the corner.
Source: Free Beacon
Photo: Iraqi News
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