After an Iraqi source announced that the ISIL branch in the town of Tal Afar in Western Mosul has declared the death of al-Baghdadi and will decide about his successor soon, internal differences have intensified among ISIL members.
Iraq’s al-Soumeriya news channel quoted local sources in Tal Afar as saying that a number of ISIL members who supported al-Baghdadi have disobeyed their commanders.
The source added that the town of Tal Afar is now witnessing an internal coup by ISIL members, and the senior commanders who were waiting for al-Baghdadi’s death want to end the chaos to their own benefit.
He added that ISIL has declared curfew for militants, a number of al-Baghdadi fans have been detained and the Arab and foreign leaders of the terrorist group are attempting to control the situation.
The ISIL terrorist group confirmed in a statement on Tuesday that its notorious ringleader al-Baghdadi has died.
It also called on ISIL members to remain in their bases and continue resistance.
Reports said on Monday that the Iraqi security forces in Western Mosul found a document showing that ISIL commanders are under a strong ban to avoid discussing the death of al-Baghdadi or releasing any information in this regard.
Intelligence sources told the Arabic website of Sputnik news agency that the document which was discovered in an ISIL base in Mosul bans any discussion of al-Baghdadi’s death in a move to prevent chaos among members.
The document, distributed among the leaders, also emphasizes that “the ISIL will survive even if al-Baghdadi is dead”, stressing the need for the terrorist groups’ members to keep patient and take orders from their commanders.
A local source in Iraq’s Salahuddin reported on Thursday that the ISIL terrorist group has arrested scores of its members in the Eastern parts of the province for speaking about the death of al-Baghdadi.
The source said that the ISIL has arrested over 20 of its members in the villages of Eastern Makhoul in Salahuddin for making public remarks about al-Baghdadi’s death.
The terrorist group has accused them of promoting an internal sedition.
According to the source, ISIL members are confused over the ban on speaking about al-Baghdadi’s death, specially after the terrorist group was forced to arrest its members.
A well-informed local source in Northwestern Iraq reported earlier this month that ISIL has burned Abu Qatibeh alive on charges of implying the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the terrorist group’s ring leader, in his sermon on Friday Prayers in the town of Tal Afar.
The sources said that only a few hours after arresting Abu Qatibeh on charges of internal sedition, the terrorist group burnt him in front of tens of people in the Central part of Tal Afar.
“Abu Qatibeh, who was a close friend to al-Baghdadi, implicitly endorsed earlier revelations about the death of ISIL’s ring leader and cried for him in his Friday Prayers sermon, which raised several questions. ISIL kept mum on the issue at first, but later arrested him and executed him on charges of sedition,” the source went on to say.
(Source: Farsnews)