Veteran national security
reporter Bill Gertz (seen in the below photo) offers a piece at the Free Beacon
on an emerging terrorist group in Iraq.
A new group in Iraq called
White Flag is coming under close scrutiny by U.S. intelligence agencies amid
concerns the terrorist organization could become a regional successor to the
Islamic State.
White Flag is an armed group
operating in areas of northwestern and central Iraq since late last year and
appears to be a union of Kurdish terrorists and former ISIS fighters, according
to U.S. defense and military officials.
"It's kind of a
hodge-podge of people and a white flag with a lion on it is their emblem,"
said a military official familiar with the region.
Little is known about the new
organization and some reports from the region say White Flag has adopted the
Islamic State jihadist ideology.
But so far the group has not
conducted suicide bombing attacks, a key ISIS terror tactic, and the lack of
such attacks is raising suspicions White Flag may be a front group for Iraqi
factions vying for power.
The military official said
intelligence on the group is sketchy but preliminary indications are it poses a
threat to the areas of Iraq where it has operated. White Flag, however, does
not currently have capabilities for conducting terror attacks outside the
country.
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