ISIS continues al-Baghdadi’s plot after his death
Earlier his month, ISIS attacked an
oil truck in Raqqa, Syria, killing its driver. ISIS has been targeting oil
trucks. Eight drivers of the oil trucks were killed in terrorist attacks
carried out by ISIS after the terrorist organizations was defeated in Syria and
Iraq.
ISIS has labeled such attacks as
part of attrition war against its enemies. The terrorist organization has vowed
to continue this attrition war, targeting oil trucks since its late leader, Abu
Bakr al-Baghdadi, released a video urging his followers to launch a war of
attrition "to harm the enemy".
Researchers Colin P. Clarke and
Amarnath Amarasingam said in a Foreign Policy analytical article that ISIS has
a three-year plan. The researchers said ISIS would launch guerrilla war after
it had lost territories in Iraq and Syria.
The terrorist organization’s scheme is
based on the creation of terrorist cells in the areas under the control of its
enemies. The tactics include car bombings targeting the economic institutions
of its enemies.
ISIS has been attacking oil trucks
coming from territories under the control of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)
since September.
The Meir Amit Intelligence Center
said ISIS has launched an attrition war against SDF. Moreover, ISIS burned crops in Syria and Iraq
as part of its economic war.\
Clarke and Amarasingam expect the
terrorist organization’s new leader, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi, would continue its
war of attrition against its enemies.
