article_snippet.sent: Militants fighting for the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq are being led by a highly secretive group of strategists and officials that were once senior figures in Saddam Husseinarmy.
article_snippet.sent: Despite thousands of foreign fighters flocking to join a highly secretive group of strategists and officials that were once senior figures in Saddam Hussein's army and starring in a highly secretive group of strategists and officials that were once senior figures in Saddam Hussein's army propaganda videos, ISIS' leadership is dominated by ex-members of the late Iraqi dictator's military.
article_snippet.sent: Almost all of the regional commanders appointed by ISIS' leader and self-declared caliph, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, played prominent roles in Saddam Hussein's army before the 2003 invasion of Iraq and became involved with ISIS' either in the resulting insurgency or after the dictator's 2006 death.
article_snippet.sent: Despite thousands of foreign fighters flocking to join a highly secretive group of strategists and officials that were once senior figures in Saddam Hussein's army and starring in a highly secretive group of strategists and officials that were once senior figures in Saddam Hussein's army propaganda videos, ISIS' leadership is dominated by ex-members of the late Iraqi dictator's military .
article_snippet.sent: One former Syrian rebel who became an ISIS' regional commander told the Washington Post that One former Syrian rebel who became an ISIS regional commander found that almost all of the highly secretive officials overseeing all aspects to a highly secretive group of strategists and officials that were once senior figures in Saddam Hussein's army's day-to-day business were ex members of Saddam Hussein's army.