Low Level War Between Islamic State And Naqshibandi Continues In Iraq
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During the summer of 2014 the Baathist Naqshibandi cooperated with the Islamic State to seize Mosul and Tikrit, but that alliance quickly collapsed. The Islamic State asserted control over all of the areas captured by the insurgents and demanded that the Naqshibandi pledge allegiance or be eliminated. That led to a series of gun battles and executions with IS coming out on top.
Every month there is a report of a confrontation between the two insurgent groups. […]
[…] The Naqshibandi was so devastated as a result that these clashes with IS are almost all that’s heard of the group these days. It also challenges some of the recent reporting that Baathists have taken over the Islamic State and are simply using it as a means to return to power. The Naqshibandi is the main Baathist armed group and led by Izzat al-Douri, Saddam’s former number two. If the Baathists really ran both groups there would be no fighting between them. Instead IS is systematically trying to eliminate the Naqshibandi from its territory in Iraq.
