The wives of IS leaders get salaries from Iraqi government
TIKRIT
A security source from Salahaddin
Province has revealed that high-ranking members of Islamic State (IS) in
Tikrit have wives working for the Iraqi government, drawing a monthly
salary as normal.
In an exclusive statement to BasNews,
the anonymous source said, “Most of the current IS leaders in Salahaddin
Province reside in the Awenati village in southern Tikrit city, and
joined the jihadists after IS militants deployed in the area.
“These people were hidden affiliates of
IS. They were continuously preparing suicide attacks. Most of their
targets were Iraqi security establishments.
“The wives of some of these IS leaders
work for the Iraqi government. They are still getting their monthly
salary from Baghdad,” said the source.
He continued, “These criminals murder
people and carry out suicides attack in the country and the Iraqi
government pays their wives a regular salary.”
The source revealed the names of the
senior IS militants whose wives are government employees, “There are
three brothers that IS have given the rank of Emir [leader]. One of them
is Karim Assi Ahmed Kazim, who now lives in the town of Dora. His wife
works at the Tikrit Municipality and draws a regular wage from the Iraqi
government.”
“The other Emir is Nassir Assi Ahmed
Kazim, sought by Iraqi security since 2004, accused of having a part in a
suicide attack. He fled to Syria and returned to Tikrit in August 2014
when IS took control of the area. His wife is a teacher in a secondary
school in Tikrit and receives her monthly salary from Baghdad,” added
the source.
Commenting on the third brother, he
said, “His name is Abbas Assi Ahmed Kazim. His wife works as an
accountant in one of the infrastructure directorates and the Iraqi
government pays her every month.”
He also spoke about an IS accountant in
Salahadin Province, Lais Emad Ahmed Khuzaira. His wife is not a
government employee but his mother is a teacher, and she too continues
to be paid by the government.
Finally, the source revealed, “There is another IS leader called Sami Dawud and his wife is a teacher on a government salary.”
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