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IS fighters on the Iraq-Syria border. Der Spiegel claims to have uncovered documents showing how the establishment of the group was carefully planned and put into practice. Photograph: Medyan Dairieh/Zuma Press/Corbis
Documents uncovered in Aleppo show that Haji Bakr drew up the ‘blueprint for caliphate’ after being jailed by the US authorities, according to Der Spiegel
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Monday 20 April 2015 07.18 BST
One of Saddam Hussein’s former intelligence officers masterminded Islamic State’s takeover of northern Syria after becoming embittered by the US-led invasion of Iraq, according to a report by the German magazine Der Spiegel
Documents uncovered in Syria reveal meticulous planning for the group’s structure and organisation, the report says, with the 31 pages of handwritten charts, lists and schedules amounting to a blueprint for the establishment of a caliphate in Syria.
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