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We want to bring you an exclusive look inside ISIS.

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A German author says the group is more dangerous than people realize.

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He spent more than a week with ISIS fighters in Iraq and Syria and believes he is the first western journalist allowed to visit.

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Our Frederik Pleitgen has more.

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It's an extremely rare glimpse into the inner workings of the most dangerous terrorist organization in the world.

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German author, Juergen Todenhoefer managed to visit ISIS territory both in Iraq and in Syria.

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They are only one percent.

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It's a one-percent movement in the Islamic world, but this one-percent movement has the power of a nuclear tsunami.

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It's incredible. I was so amazed. I was... I couldn't understand this enthusiasm.

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Todenhoefer spent several days in Mosul, Iraq's second-biggest city, conquered by ISIS in June.

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He even visited the mosque where ISIS head Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi gave a speech earlier this year.

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He also met with child soldiers.

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How old are you?

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I am 13.

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Todenhoefer even managed to get access to a Kurdish prisoner in the hands of the extremists.

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What did they tell you? What could happen to you?

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Our captors said that we have Islamic State fighters imprisoned with the Kurdish Regional Government.

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You are prisoners here, and we will trade you back for our fighters. They didn't say they will kill or slaughter.

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Todenhoefer says people living in ISIS-controlled areas are in fear of the harsh penalties for infringement of the stringent laws, but there's also a sense of order and stability.

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According to Todenhoefer, fighters say they often manage to defeat much larger armies like the Iraqi military because they're not afraid to die.

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It took you how many days to conquer Mosul? Four days?

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We didn't kill 24 but we killed a score of them, so they got terrified and ran away.

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We don't retreat. We only fight, and God Almighty will vector us.

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Those [who] have reverted from Islam do not have a solid ideology so they run away.

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They came to fight for the tyrant, fight for money.

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During battle, he learned, many of the ISIS fighters wear suicide vests, willing to blow themselves up rather than be captured.

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In one interview, a senior ISIS fighter warns the U.S. and Europe.

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We will conquer Europe someday. It's not a question of us wanting; we will.

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We'll kill 150 million, 200 million, 500 million. We don't care about the number.

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Atrocities ISIS has already committed suggest they're serious about their threats.

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This German author's visit to the Islamic State shows a brutal, merciless group, but also one that won't go away anytime soon.