Iraq arrests suspect who armored vehicles, made explosives for ISIS

13-08-2022
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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Iraqi security forces on Saturday released a video confession of a suspect who armored vehicles for the Islamic State (ISIS) in Salahaddin province and made improvised explosive devices (IEDs) for the terror group.

"They [ISIS] tasked me with armoring vehicles and making improvised explosives. We started armoring the vehicles and prepared 45 vehicles ... in less than two months," the suspect whose name was not revealed said in a video released by the Iraqi National Intelligence Service, adding that he prepared 1,450 improvised explosives for the jihadists.  

After preparing the explosives, ISIS tasked the individual to transport them to Alam district, close to the city of Tikrit in Salahddin province, of which he was able to transport 33 explosives. The explosives were moved to the area to repel an advance from the Iraqi army on ISIS positions.

ISIS seized control of swathes of Iraqi land in 2014. While the group has been devoid of territorial control since 2017, it continues to pose a serious security threat to the country through bombings, hit-and-run attacks, and abductions, particularly in areas disputed between Erbil and Baghdad.

In early August, the group killed five Iraqi army soldiers in Diyala province.  

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Saturday handed over 50 ISIS suspects to Iraq through the Rabia border crossing in Nineveh province. 

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