A combination of pictures from an ISIS training camp and living base in one neighborhood in Mosul

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Not enough beds in the training camp, so office is also used for sleeping
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The same room from another angle (yes, taste is a little off 🙂 ). Before ISIS took it, it was a very fancy private house
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Less fancy office
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Sleeping room #2
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Sleeping space
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Dorms
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This base used to be a retirement house… but ISIS took it, killing everyone who used to live there
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Dorms. Windows are dark so that fighters could sleep during the day
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“Brother Jihadist, keep quiet and stay clean!”
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Dorms
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More dorms
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Sleeping room and someone’s personal items
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According to friendly civilians, ISIS fighters were sleeping in this camp a night before we came (we came at 8AM… basically “missing” them by 1-2 hours)
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Dining hall in the training camp
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“Brother Muslim, be careful with the food and clean”
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Cooking equipment
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Iraqi flag
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As expected in the training camp – military stuff is everywhere
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Manuals
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Manuals
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Manuals
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Manuals
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Manuals
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Manuals
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Manuals
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Manuals
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More military stuff
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Manuals
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Hallway
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Back of a training uniform says “Military camp of Sheikh Abu Ahmad”
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The other side of this building was not cleared/secured, so picture was taken from the corner of this side
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Time for some sports
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This used to be an ISIS position, and now it is ours (compare the weapons)
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Yes, the weapons ISIS has are very very old and in poor condition
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Electricity generator
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Medical office
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Documents and even a cell phone were left for us
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Mosque
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“City Document”
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ISIS bus parked inside the camp
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Fake weapon for practice
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10 important religious issues
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Running from one side of the building to the other (through an uncomfortably large not entirely secured open space)
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Camp building from the street
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Taking some stuff with us