IS Fighters Bicker In Amateur Footage Of Battle

Footage has emerged of Islamic State fighters bickering amongst themselves during a battle with Kurdish forces in northern Iraq.

The material was apparently found on a GoPro camera recovered by the Kurdish Peshmerga following a clash in December.

It shows a very different outfit to that portrayed in IS propaganda videos, with disorganised militants arguing with one another during a chaotic battle.

The IS fighter wearing the camera is referred to as Abu Radhwan throughout the video.

At one point he shouts at a fellow militant whose automatic weapon slipped and fired inside their armoured vehicle.

"Abu Hajer! Stop firing," Abu Radhwan can be heard saying.

A short time later he screams: "Abu Hajer! I told you to aim higher! What's wrong with you? You are firing the bullet casings straight at us!"

The footage begins with an apparent suicide bomber saying his final farewells before boarding the vehicle.

"May God accept you (as a martyr)," another fighter says to him.

"Do not be sad for me," he replies.

The first militant then says: "Come on, hurry up brothers, there are (war) planes around, please."

A desert battle ensues and the vehicle is hit, seemingly killing the driver.

The fighters then leave the vehicle and retreat as a screaming Abu Radhwan is struck down.

Peshmerga officer Lieutenant-Colonel Yasir Abdulla said the camera was found the morning after a battle.

He added that the Kurdish Peshmerga often replenishes its equipment from weapons, ammunition and vehicles left behind by defeated IS militants.