After dazzling the entire world with its semi-Hollywood team filming barbaric operations, ISIS surprised observers with the issuance of identity cards with three-dimensional chip and electronic SIMs to prevent fraud.
The ISIS newly issued Identity cards are prepared specifically for the group’s local and foreign members, according to an ISIS militant statement.
The source pointed out that the IDs are designed to facilitate passage for local and foreign members between Mosul (in Iraq) and Raqqa (in Syria) and other areas under the control of the ISIS.
“This step is to raise the insurgents’ morale, especially following the losses in several areas and amid coalition airstrikes against cities and towns held by the group in both Syria and Iraq,” a civil rights activist told in Mosul on the condition of anonymity.
“This could suggest to the group’s members that their leadership is still strong and heading towards the institutionalization of the state through the issuance of such ID cards,” he added. “They want to convince their militants that they’re capable of overcoming the current challenges.”
ISIS had already decided to issue a new currency that reflects its identity as a “sovereign state with an independent economy”, according to the group’s propaganda.
ISIS-linked media sources reported that the new currency will be dealt with as an alternative for local and foreign currencies in both Syria and Iraq under the name of dinar; however, the prevailing currency is still the dollar.
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