How did Jake Bilardi, a student at Craigiburn Secondary College, Australia, who linked his life with ISIS, get buried? What made him leave his homeland at the age of seventeen in order to fight for the ideals of others on the territory of an unfamiliar country? Answers to questions can be found in the proposed article.
First mention
The events of March 11, 2015 became known to the world community thanks to information and photographs in networks posted by jihadists. On this day, they attacked the city of Ramadi (Anbar province), controlled by the Iraqi government forces. During the attack, militants first used a record number of mined cars driven by suicide bombers. According to various sources, their number ranged from ten to thirteen. After the explosions sounded, a massive assault began, as a result four blocks in the western part of the city, strong points and military equipment stationed there were captured. Jake Bilardi took part in these events.
The suicide bomber blew himself up in one of the cars, however, his name was not initially mentioned in the press. Jihadists have published a list of dead terrorists, most of whom are foreigners from Belgium, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, and Russia (North Caucasus). The Islamic name of an Australian citizen is Abu Abdullah al-Australia.
Identification
The Australian government has taken steps to identify the deceased suicide bomber. In the course of the work, it was revealed that 90 citizens of the country went to ISIS under the influence of militant propaganda on the Internet. Twenty of them are no longer alive. The youngest among them was Jake Bilardi from a large family in Melbourne. The photo of a dark-haired thin boy completely coincided with a suicide bomber from Australia, who died near Ramadi. This was announced on television by Minister Julie Bishop. At the apartment, the young men found homemade explosives prepared to carry out terrorist attacks in the country if they could not get to Iraq.
A bit about ISIS
Al-Qaeda personified a terrorist group on a global scale, until in 2006, information on the creation of the Islamic State - the Islamic State of Iraq - appeared on the air of Al-Jazeera television channel. The imposters defeated by the Americans began to rebuild the organization in 2011, when opposition protests in Syria escalated into a real civil war. Deploying on the territory of two states, in 2013 the militants added the Levant state (Syria, Lebanon and Palestine) to the name, forming ISIS. In 2014, they officially announced the severance of ties with al-Qaeda.
Jake Bilardi got the idea of building a new state on his own. ISIS militants invited real men to defend a just cause, this worked in relation to social outcasts from other states. They did not want to see the obvious: beheading live American, Japanese and British journalists, setting fire to a cell with a captured Jordanian pilot, exterminating the Yezidi men and executing 150 women who refused to participate in “sex jihad”. Bloody deeds did not stop the growth of the army of militants, numbering about 50 thousand people in the fall of 2014. Today, the leader of Iraqi Kurdistan speaks of 200 thousand fighters. Among them, 25 thousand foreign mercenaries. Jake Bilardi belonged to them.
ISIS: army of terrorists
British intelligence during a special operation received personal files for 22 thousand people from fifty countries that expressed a desire to fight on the side of ISIS. Each filled out a questionnaire of 23 points, where he reflected the degree of his readiness to become a suicide bomber. Among them are those who expressed a desire to do this after a few hours. Most future jihadists are from Tunisia, Russia (North Caucasus), France and Morocco. These documents indicate the ease of access to the territory of Syria and Iraq through Turkey, acting as a transit state. Preparatory points are located on its land, from where future fighters are transported to warring countries.
In the photograph, Jake Bilardi feels happy in the company of jihadists, although his father still cannot believe that his son went to the Middle East of his own free will.
