Chilling letters delve inside the minds of isis suicide bombers

REUTERS Letters from child killers: ISIS suicide bombers' last words to their families The boys, some just children, told their parents they were set on sacrificing themselves for the

abhorrent terror regime.  Notes were found in Mosul as Iraqi forces have begun taking back ground from the terrorists. Chilling letters revealed the inner thoughts of the jihadis, who had

been promised 72 virgins in the afterlife. Alaa Abd al-Akeedi, wrote: "My dear family, please forgive me.  “Don't be sad and don't wear the black clothes (of mourning).

"I asked to get married and you did not marry me off. So, by God, I will marry the 72 virgins in paradise." No older than 16, Akeedi was trained to wage jihad by terrorists. He is

just one of scores of boys manipulated by the group. REUTERS Atheer Ali's entry in an Islamic State registry is seen in a training facility in eastern Mosul RELATED ARTICLES Akeedi

carried out a suicide bomb attack against Iraqi security forces in 2016. Harrowing notes were carried on ISIS forms marked 'Soldiers' Department, Martyrs' Brigade'. In

Akeedi’s case the letter was in an envelope addressed to his parents. During a trip home Akeedi told his dad he would carry out a suicide attack in Baiji, an oil refinery town south of Mosul

where a battle was being waged with Iraqi forces. His family feared retaliation if they tried to snatch him back from terrorists. Weeks later he carried out the attack. Letters at the

facility were found alongside a handwritten registry containing information on dozens of jihadis in training.  In the compound, visited by Reuters, beds for around 100 people were found.

ISIS STRAP BOMBS TO 'SUICIDE DOGS' IN IRAQ REUTERS Letters on ISIS papers were written to jihadi's families On the wall, house rules ordered: "Brother jihadi, respect

quiet and cleanliness." Most recruits were form Mosul but there were also named from the United States, Iran, Morocco and India. Reuters discovered the letters in eastern Mosul after

the army recaptured that area. Reporters carried out rare interviews with relatives of three of the fighters who told of their dismay at their sons signing up to the hate squad. Hundreds of

terror attacks have been claimed by ISIS in the Middle East and Europe, by young men used as weapons after radicalised. In Mosul they have been trained and forced to carry out the bidding of

depraved Daesh leaders. The city was overtaken in 2014 but is slowly being liberated by western-backed forces from the east, now, half of the city has been taken. RELATED ARTICLES > His 

mind was fragile and they took advantage of that, promising him > virgins and lecturing him about being a good Muslim >  > Shalal Younis Sheet Omar 15 or 16 years died carrying out

a suicide attack after joining ISIS in the wake of his father’s death. "His mind was fragile and they took advantage of that, promising him virgins and lecturing him about being a good

Muslim," said Shalal Younis, Omar's sister's father-in-law "If someone had tempted him with drugs and alcohol, he probably would have done that instead." Atheer Ali

also joined ISIS despite being described as a helpful boy who loved to swim and fish in a nearby river. His father, Abu Amir, told Reuters his son had been an outstanding student. During an

interview he said his son was shy and slim, lacking a fighter's mentality or build. Abu Amir said he was horrified when one day in early 2015 Ali ran off with seven classmates to join

Islamic State. Despite the risk he ran across the city to try and get his son back but was threatened. A few months later jihadis came to his house to tell him his son was dead - hit by an

air strike on a mortar position in Bashiqa, northeast of Mosul. "Even now I'm still astounded. I don't know how they convinced him to join," said Abu Amir. 

"I'm just glad we could bury him and put this whole thing to rest." Atheer’s body was collected by his family who said his hair had grown long. Jihadis usually have long

beards after being banned from shaving - but Atheer was still too young to have grown it when he died.