ISIS Circulates 'Mujahid Guide' Book To Train New Recruits For Sleeper Cells; US Targets ISIS Funds

ISIS began circulating a book on the Internet, known as the “Mujahid Guide”, to instruct potential militants on how to make their way to unfamiliar territory in a covert manner to avoid detection and arrest. The book, distributed in digital form, was written in English but no author was indicated.

According to the book's introduction, ISIS recruits will be taught how to lead a “double life” and keep their true identities to themselves. The Mujahid Guide is expected to show how they can survive in a “threatening land” and strengthen Muslims for the war ISIS believes to come.

In simpler terms, ISIS recruits will be taught to organise sleeper cells and prepare when the right time comes. The ISIS book lays out plans for would-be terrorists who converted to Islam, were born Muslims and practicing Muslims. Each group is given specific instructions on how to appear “more friendly” while training for future operations, reports WND.

ISIS Sleeper Cells In West

ISIS’ Mujahid Guide provides the underlying message that Muslims who are currently in the Wests should be ready to rise from their secret ranks and carry out attacks at a short notice. The revelation of the circulating survival guide in the West came when a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Minnesota had publicly announced the arrest of six men who were suspected to have ties with ISIS.

The group of six men had planned to leave Minnesota and travel to Syria to join ISIS. District of Minnesota U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger said he found it remarkable that nothing had stopped the young men from conspiring to join the terror group by any means possible, reports CNN.

US Targets ISIS Funds

Meanwhile, U.S. authorities have become deeply concerned about the finances of ISIS and are currently pressuring Arab banks to stop the terror group from channeling funds through the financial institutions. “The U.S. Treasury is very concerned about the funding of ISIS. The Americans realise that this terrorist organisation needs constant funding,” said Wissam Fattouh, the secretary general of the Union of Arab Banks.

He explained that unlike Al Qaeda, which can operate with little money, ISIS needs bigger funding to maintain control. Fattouh told the Daily Star the international community has become alarmed of reports about ISIS controlling areas where some commercial banks are located. ISIS is believed to have stolen hundreds of millions of dollars from the banks in Mosul alone.

Aside from raiding banks, ISIS is allegedly selling oil at low prices and collecting taxes from residents to finance its operations. Fattouh has assured the banking sector in the Middle East of implementing necessary measures to prevent ISIS from moving funds through legal channels.

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