MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Daesh militants procure a significant portion of the components they use to produce improvised explosive devices (IEDs) from Turkey and Iraq, a London-based arms research group revealed.
"Proximity is a major reason why the goods traded by Iraqi and Turkish companies appear throughout the supply chains of components that IS forces use to manufacture IEDs. Both Iraq and Turkey have large agricultural and mining sectors, in which many such chemicals and explosive components are employed extensively," Conflict Armament Research said in the report published on Wednesday.
According to the report, 51 companies in 20 countries are involved in the components supply chain used by Daesh forces to construct IEDs. Chemical precursors, detonating cord, detonators, cables and wires dominate in the supply chain.
"With 13 companies involved in the supply chain, Turkey is the most important choke point for components used in the manufacture of IEDs by IS forces," the report reads.
India, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, Romania and Japan feature on the list of countries that produce components used in Daesh bombs. The manufacturers of these materials sometimes do not know their final destination, as the supply chains are very long with lots of intermediaries.
Considerable parts of Syria and Iraq are currently controlled by the Daesh terrorist group, which is outlawed in many countries including Russia. The group has declared a caliphate on the territories under its control and is considered to be one of the main threats to global security.
