A look inside the Abu Walaa ISIS recruiting network
The defector claimed Abu Walaa had particular clout in Raqqa, Syria, because one of his former acolytes, a German ISIS operative named Lemke, was in charge of German members of the group’s Amniyat security service and was in touch with Abu Muhammad who until his death was the second most powerful figure in ISIS.
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