Isis manual is blueprint for jihadists’ caliphate

Haider al-Abadi, the prime minister of Iraq, has placed its air force on high alert after Turkey admitted sending troops into Kurdish territory
Haider al-Abadi, the prime minister of Iraq, has placed its air force on high alert after Turkey admitted sending troops into Kurdish territory
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The scale of Islamic State’s ambitions has been revealed in a leaked document that sets out a blueprint for the group’s so-called caliphate.

The 24-page manual sets out plans for the construction of a centralised, self-sufficient state. It is believed to have been written last year and was obtained by Aymenn al-Tamimi, an Iraqi researcher.

The document outlines bureaucratic planning, the establishment of an integrated army of foreign and local jihadists and education programmes to create further generations of fighters.

Some of the plans have apparently been put in to action, such as the military schools that Isis has set up to create groups of fanatical “lion cubs” for the self-declared caliphate. Health, education, industry and propaganda are also addressed in the papers. The document