Saddam Hussein's Former Army Officers Now Run The Islamic State's Military And Intelligence Operations In Iraq And Syria

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Daily Mail/AP: The secret to ISIS's success: Over 100 former Saddam Hussein-era officers run jihadi group's military and intelligence operations in Iraq and Syria

* Intelligence source said 100 to 160 former Iraqi army officers with ISIS
* The 2003 US led invasion of Iraq led Saddam Hussein to allow foreign fighters to join the resistance against the invaders
* ISIS's deputy leader Abu Muslim al-Turkmani was an Iraqi army major

Once part of one of the most brutal dictator's army in the Middle East, over 100 former members of Saddam Hussein's military and intelligence officers are now part of ISIS.

Now they make up the complex network of ISIS's leadership, helping to build the military strategies which have led the brutal jihadi group to their military gains in Syria and Iraq.

The officers gave ISIS the organization and discipline it needed to weld together jihadi fighters drawn from across the globe, integrating terror tactics like suicide bombings with military operations.

WNU Editor: More evidence that this is going to be a long war.