The memory stick reveals recruits had
to fill in the 23-question registration card to be allowed into the
group, also known as Daesh, including details like next of kin, and
previous employment
Questionnaire: All ISIS fighters need
to fill in a survey on their most personal details - but today's leak
will leave the group in crisis
The
files also include British rapper Abdel Bary, a 26-year-old from London
who joined IS in 2013 after visiting Libya, Egypt and Turkey.
The
son of convicted terrorist Adel Abdul Bary, he was pictured in August
last year holding the severed head of a captured Syrian army soldier who
had been executed.
Security
sources had suspicions that he was ISIS' executioner-in-chief Jihadi
John before it was revealed to be Mohammed Emwaz, Bary's friend from
West London.
Experts
believe the files could be invaluable in tackling jihadists who have
sneaked back into Europe intent on bringing bloodshed to the streets in
'enormous and spectacular' attacks.
The
documents are from ISIS' entrance interviews, probably held in Raqqa,
Syria, and show that the terror group has its own human resources
department.
The
documents also show the name of the ISIS 'fixer' who 'recommended' the
individual on the form, giving spies a better idea of who runs the
group's recruitment network.
And
the forms also have the route they took to Syria or Iraq date, time and
place of death if applicable, meaning security services now know
exactly who has perished.
In
a major coup for the West, a memory stick stolen from an IS leader by a
disgruntled recruit was obtained by Sky News. The details it contains
are understood to be authentic.
Recruits
from at least 51 countries, including the UK, who travelled to the
region to join the murderous terror organisation – notorious for its
brutality, including beheadings, crucifixions and massacres – were
ordered to give up their most sensitive information.
Details were logged on an extraordinary induction form.
Only when a recruit had filled in the 23-question registration card were they allowed into the group, also known as Daesh.
Questions
on the form included date of birth, marital status, previous jobs, who
recommended them, if they had fought before, what role they would take –
for instance, 'fighter' – and any 'specialist skills'.
The forms even includes contact details for next of kin. Many of the names on the registration cards are well known.
Many of the names on the registration cards are well known - including a number of British fighters
A memory stick packed with the names,
addresses, telephone numbers and family contacts of recruits has been
discovered, and may include details of hundreds of British fighters
Another
jihadi named in the documents is Junaid Hussain, a computer hacker from
Birmingham who was head of Islamic State's media wing. Along with his
wife, former punk Sally-Anne Jones, he plotted attacks against the UK.
He
was killed after being targeted in a drone strike last August. His
jihadi widow, known as 'Mrs Terror', has been put on a government list
of the most dangerous British recruiters for Islamic State.
Some
700 British Muslims have travelled to Syria and Iraq to join IS and
around half have returned to the UK, according to British spies, and may
be plotting atrocities on the streets.
But
the major breakthrough from the documents is the revealing of the
identities of a number of previously unknown jihadis in the UK, northern
Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, the United States and Canada.
Their whereabouts are crucial to breaking the organisation and preventing further terror attacks.
Richard
Barrett, a former MI6 global terrorism operations director, said the
files could prove to be the 'biggest breakthrough in years' in the
counter-terror fight.
He
said: 'It will be an absolute gold mine of information of enormous
significance and interest to very many people, particularly the security
and intelligence services.'
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