Why American warriors IS hard to kill

Why American warriors IS hard to kill

The astute at hiding communication between the warrior group Islamic State (IS) that US intelligence difficulties within the spy, hunt for extremists, let alone the target kill them.

IS not dead leader / Tricks hide 'brains' of the Islamic State

A US airstrike Friday 7/11 trucks armed, aimed at "a meeting of the leaders of the IS". Arab media then reported that the supreme leader's name IS, Abu Bakr al Baghdadi could "seriously injured" after the attack. Some sources also said that this name has been destroyed.

However, today 13/11 Baghdadi released recordings called "the volcano jihad" booming worldwide, appears to be a statement that he was still alive. According to Iraq News, clear recordings were made recently because it refers to the decision to send 1,500 more US troops to Iraq by President Barack Obama today through 7/11.

The name of the leader may have difficulty surviving American express in the trace of Baghdadi and his minions. "We can not destroy the IS if not find them," David E. Johnson, an expert at the Rand Corp. military said.

According to the Daily Beast, in a meeting Monday 13/11, the incumbent officials and former officials said IS encrypted communication and implementation of measures to prevent American spy. Washington has no intelligence on the activities of IS at the citadel in Syria and only a little reconnaissance aircraft operating here. Therefore, listen to or view the content theft contact a member of the IS is the only sure way to scout groups.

In addition to sophisticated encrypted communications content, IS also uses a service available to permanently delete the messages sent through the Internet, making them nearly impossible to trace, however, officials do not this open-label services.

According to intelligence officials and counterterrorism US, IS adjusted contact methods because they know they continuously monitored. Raid the senior leadership of the IS, which is named the leader Baghdadi, comes just six weeks after the US launch air campaign in Syria. Meanwhile, in essence, the Warriors have special precautions in the last few months. He survived the attack shows that the IS has tightly controlled internal communications, especially in the high-level components.

"These names have discipline. They ordered the warriors in the team did not use cell phones", The Daily Beast, quoting an official attending the meeting said Wednesday 13/11. Extremist groups also use messengers to convey some messages to avoid contact through electronic devices.

In hearings before the House Armed Services Committee US 12/11 Tuesday, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel acknowledges IS surpassed US intelligence, especially when the US-led coalition is conducting air strikes them. "The warrior IS forced to change strategy. We move into smaller groups, concealment of large equipment, and change communication method," Mr. Hagel said.

A former US official said the lack of ground forces to verify the clues by intelligence agencies or unmanned aircraft collection is another factor that makes tracking more difficult IS. "If there's ground forces, we can take advantage of better information," one former official said.

United States National Security Agency US (NSA) in 2007 to monitor computers and mobile phones of members of Al Qaeda in Iraq terrorist organization precursor of IS. NSA then notify infantry location of extremist militants. Cycle from gathering intelligence to capture or kill terrorist group brought to US advantage. However, this cycle does not exist in Iraq and Syria.

"On the easiest in the air campaign IS the first day," Christopher Harmer, an analyst at the Institute of War Studies said. US pilots know the location of the commander at the IS repository. The militants attacked a surprise because we do not know exactly when the raid began.

"After about a day or two early goals easy determining, IS militants may have infiltrated the civilian population. We stopped using radio, satellite, cellular phone, switch to model command and control in small groups, "Harmer said.

However, efforts to monitor electronic devices as well as aerial surveillance by US planes were somewhat tame group. "We have two options, communicate with each other and risk being exposed, or unconnected and unable to coordinate action," a former US official said.

IS not a "rookie" in preventing intelligence. Incumbent officials and former US officials dispute the assumption that Edward Snowden revealed the NSA's activities help IS clever and cautious when communicating with each other.

A US intelligence official said IS "may have to learn from the leaked information. Many groups have called for an understanding of American forces because they each operate in Al Qaeda. The warrior rotation managed very well to avoid detection. "

Even top lawmakers also skeptical that IS captured US surveillance measures thanks to leaked documents of Snowden.

"Certainly we've learned something since they changed almost the entire behavior to avoid being seen or eavesdropping," Sen. Bob Corker, who is expected to be the new chairman Relations Committee Senate Foreign said.

However, other officials said that the US IS course tracking their communications. "It's a mistake to assume that disclosure of Snowden led the fight against IS more difficult," a defense official with experience in fighting Al Qaeda and other militant said. He said the NSA for over 10 years using electronic surveillance measures to determine the location of the terrorists, so, IS certainly aware of this.

Many researchers monitored IS said before US and allied air campaign began, extremist groups have encrypted communications content.

"After Snowden revealed the secret documents, we've removed a lot of discussion between the warriors on the online forum", Christopher Ahlberg, CEO of Future Recored, a data analysis company US intelligence community sponsor, said. Previous IS often use public forums and chat rooms to confer strategic and tactical sharing.

In May 11/2013, before US and allied air campaign conduct, "IS has established a web page coding. However, does it disappear," Ahlberg said.

Recent extremist supporters suggest only using Twitter and other social networking sites can reveal the message was sent. The frustration of US officials in tracking the IS showed militants apparently required to abide by it.