Special Report: Under siege in Mosul, Islamic State turns to executions and paranoia
A few weeks ago, a person inside Mosul began to send text messages to Iraqi military intelligence in Baghdad. The text message, which Reuters has seen, was one of many describing what was happening inside Islamic State as Iraqi, Kurdish and American troops began their campaign to retake the group's northern Iraqi stronghold of Mosul. […]Samia Nakhoul and Michael Georgy report for Reuters:
A few weeks ago, a person inside Mosul began to send text messages to Iraqi military intelligence in Baghdad.
The text message, which Reuters has seen, was one of many describing what was happening inside Islamic State as Iraqi, Kurdish and American troops began their campaign to retake the group's northern Iraqi stronghold of Mosul.
The texts, along with interviews with senior Kurdish officials and recently captured Islamic State fighters, offer an unusually detailed picture of the extremist group and its leader's state of mind as they make what may be their last stand in Iraq. The messages describe a group and its leader that remain lethal, but that are also seized by growing suspicion and paranoia.
