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Islamic State Griffin IS 00 pre.indd 1 20/08/2015 15:54 Griffin IS 00 pre.indd 2 20/08/2015 15:54 Islamic State Rewriting History Michael Griffin Griffin IS 00 pre.indd 3 20/08/2015 15:54 First published 2016 by Pluto Press 345 Archway Road, London N6 5AA www.plutobooks.com Copyright © Michael Griffin 2016 The right of Michael Griffin to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978 0 7453 3656 5 Hardback ISBN 978 0 7453 3651 0 Paperback ISBN 978 1 7837 1711 8 PDF eBook ISBN 978 1 7837 1713 2 Kindle eBook ISBN 978 1 7837 1712 5 EPUB eBook This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental standards of the country of origin. Typeset by Stanford DTP Services, Northampton, England Text design by Melanie Patrick Simultaneously printed by CPI Antony Rowe, Chippenham, UK and Edwards Bros in the United States of America Griffin IS 00 pre.indd 4 20/08/2015 15:54 Contents List of Acronyms/Abbreviations ix Timeline x Preface xx 1. The Great Escape 1 2. Zarqawi’s War 8 3. The First Caliph 16 4. Clear, Hold and Build 24 5. The Successions 31 6. Springtime for Qatar 37 7. The Road to Damascus 43 8. Prince Bandar’s Last Adventure 50 9. Knights of the Silencers 58 10. Treasure of Babisqa 65 11. Chain of Custody 70 12. Game of Thrones 78 13. Paradise Square 85 14. Birth of a Nation 92 15. Twitter Caliphate 99 16. Call of Duty 107 17. Inside the Whale 115 18. Euphrates Volcano 123 Postscript: Saddam’s Ghost 131 Notes 138 Index 168 Griffin IS 00 pre.indd 5 20/08/2015 15:54 Euphrates Q A R I asakeh Euphrates Al Bukamal H Al- our EY aqqah Deir ez-Z R RK Euphrates Tabqa Palmyra N Map 1 U A D T ppo R e Al O Idlib Hama Homs Qusayr N Zabadani Damascus GOLANHEIGHTS Dara’a JAmman Gulf ofIskenderun Latakia Tartous BANO E L E L A n R Legend National Capital Provincial Capital Town/Village CYPRUS Mediterranea Sea IS Griffin IS 00 pre.indd 6 20/08/2015 15:54 T U R K EY Rabia Mosul Sinjar Tal Irbil Afar Sulaymaniya SYRIA Kirkuk Baiji Tikrit Euphrates Samarra Al Qaim I R A N Baquba Fallujah Ramadi Baghdad N A D R Karbala O J Najaf Tigris Euphrates Basra Umm Qasr KUWAIT PeGrsuilafn S A U D I Legend A R A B I A National Capital Provincial Capital Town/Village Kurdish Autonomous Region Map 2 Griffin IS 00 pre.indd 7 20/08/2015 15:54 Q A R I mishli Qa Ras al-AynKhabur River Al-Hasakeh AL-HASAKEH Shadadi our EIR EZ-ZOUR Euphrates ez-Z D eir D Y H ah E Tal Abyad AQQA Raqq p 3 K R a M R Kobane LakeAssad S TU Jarablus Euphrates HOM Maskana PO A P M E A po L H ep A Al Legend Provincial Capital Town/Village Kurdish Areas Gulf ofIskenderun AtmehHatayBabal-HawaMediterraneanIdlibSeaKasabJisr al-Shughur IDLIBLATAKIALatakia BaniyasHama TARTOUSTartous Homs LEBANON Griffin IS 00 pre.indd 8 20/08/2015 15:54 List of Acronyms/Abbreviations AQI Al Qaeda in Iraq CERS Scientific Studies and Research Centre FSA Free Syrian Army IEDs Improvised Explosive Devices IAI Islamic Army in Iraq INM Iraqi National Movement IS Islamic State ISF Iraqi Security Forces ISI Islamic State of Iraq ISIS Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham JaN Jabhat al-Nusra JASW Jaysh Ahl al-Sinnah wal Jama’a JRTN Jaysh Rijal al-Tariq al-Naqshbandi LCCs Local Coordination Committees MA Mujahideen Army MCTRF Military Council of Tribal Revolutionaries of Fallujah MIT Millî İstihbarat Teşkilatı (Turkish intelligence) MNF–I Multi-National Force – Iraq MSC Mujahideen Shura Council NTC National Transitional Council SMC Supreme Joint Military Command SNC Syrian National Council SOFA Status of Forces Agreement Griffin IS 00 pre.indd 9 20/08/2015 15:54

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