Iraqi government and counterterrorism forces arrest men suspected of
belonging to ISIS on March 10, 2016, following an operation to retake
the town of Zankura.
Photo: Moadh Al-Dulaimi/Getty Images
A new documentary will give viewers a behind-the-scenes
look at Islamic State group fighters plotting a terrorist attack in
France. The film comes courtesy of a French journalist who daringly
infiltrated a cell of would-be jihadists for over a six-month period.
"Allah's Soldiers" is the name of the upcoming documentary
from journalist Said Ramzi — a pseudonym he used to protect
against retaliation — which is scheduled to premiere in France Monday
night, according to Yahoo News.
The documentary tracks the formation of an ill-fated terror plot by an
ISIS cell in Chateauroux that is foiled when the local police arrest
many of the men involved in the group.
Ramzi first contacted members of the terror cell after the
Islamic State group, also known as ISIS, carried out deadly attacks in
Paris in November that claimed 130 victims. The journalist began
interacting with ISIS supporters on Facebook before receiving an
invitation to meet in person. Ramzi filmed the interactions that make up
the documentary, which include meetings to plan the bombing of a
military base and civilian targets in France, with a hidden camera.
Ramzi says the goal of his project is to understand the
motivations behind those who sign up to join the terrorist organization.
Despite the religious component of the documentary's title, Ramzi says
there was no evidence the teachings of Islam played a significant role
in guiding any of the actions of the cell he observed.
"One of the main lessons was that I never saw any Islam in
this affair. No will to improve the world. Only lost, frustrated,
suicidal, easily manipulated youths," said Ramzi, according to the Times of India.
"They had the misfortune of being born in the era that the Islamic
State exists. It is very sad. They are youngsters who are looking for
something, and that is what they found."
The documentary comes on the heels of a video obtained from a GoPro camera
found on a dead ISIS fighter that shows the perspective of a few of
the terror group's fighters during a chaotic battle with Kurdish forces
in northern Iraq. The video went viral last week after being shared
online.
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