Thread by @jenanmoussa

1/ I again traced ISIS files in Syria.

800 docs mainly on AlFateheen unit.

100s of forms with jihadi names, position in ISIS etc.

5 Germans, Aussies, Turks, 100s of Syrians.

As there is no tribunal, I put all files online so world has access.

@akhbar

akhbaralaan.net/jenan/isisfiles

2/ Here my report for @akhbar on the new ISIS files I discovered in Syria.

It gives information on Al-Fateheen unit. 800+ documents with many Jihadi names of ISIS members. Also in which battle they participated, how much salary & war spoils they got.

3/ These new ISIS files were left behind by ISIS when they fled. They were saved by citizens. I held originals in my hand and photographed them. Docs were filled out by ISIS fighters from Germany, Australia, France, Indonesia, Russia, Turkey etc, incl 100s of Syrian ISIS members.

4/ Most of docs are ISIS questionnaires like one below. They are filled out by ISIS fighters. Questions are: What's your name, address, social status, nr kids, age, local or foreigner, which country, arrival date, date of pledge of allegiance, who recommended you to go to ISIS? >

5/ More questions on ISIS docs: What's ur rank in ISIS, current emir, when did u become religiously committed, when did u become committed to Jihad, which sheikh inspired u, which Islamist or jihadi groups u worked with before, education/profession before ISIS, skin& eyes color?

6/ New ISIS files are from 2014, when ISIS was still expanding territory.

You might think: Oh, 2014 is long time ago.

True, but realize that these docs are especially important to map ISIS as an organization + find evidence on individuals. So all docs - old or recent- matter.

7/ Among the ISIS files, five were filled out by German ISIS members in Syria.

ISIS asks them: With which Islamist or Jihadi group have you worked (before joining ISIS)?

Four of the Germans answered: Al Furqan mosque Germany. 1 of the 4 specified: Furqan mosque Bremen Germany.

8/ 5th German doesn't answer if he joined other jihadi groups before coming to ISIS.

But interestingly (or better: worryingly), further in the questionnaire, ISIS asks him what job he had before joining ISIS. He answers: "Military".

His name is Abu Mohsen (28).

9/ The names of the 4 ISIS Germans, who said they were with the Furqan mosque (in Bremen) before joining ISIS, are from top left clock wise:

Abu Moussa, Abdul Kareem, Abu Azzam and Abu Dawoud.

Here are the front pages of of their ISIS questionnaires (back pages in next tweet):

10/ And here the back pages of the questionnaires of the 4 German ISIS members in Syria: Abu Moussa, Abdul Kareem, Abu Azzam and Abu Dawoud, starting top left clockwise.

(Front pages in earlier tweet.)

11/ Worth noting that the Furqan mosque in Bremen, Germany, was closed by the authorities in December 2014 due to involvement in extremism.
presseportal.de/pm/30479/28987…

12/ So far, I presented many details on the 5 German ISIS fighters in Syria. I can't give here details on all other ISIS members because there are a total of 840 files so that would be too much work for me. But u can check all files here or download them: akhbaralaan.net/jenan/isisfiles

13/ Why am I putting all these ISIS files online? Reason is that there is no realistic chance that anytime soon an effective ISIS tribunal is going to be set up by the international community. So by putting the ISIS files online, everybody can use/ study this database.

@akhbar

14/ Bremen's regional government issues a statement after I published @akhbar new files on ISIS fighters in Syria, among them Germans.

Acc to authorities:

-The 4 persons from Bremen were known to authorities.
-3 of the 4 are dead.
-No info on 4th person.
senatspressestelle.bremen.de/detail.php?gsi…