Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Victims Of The Islamic State Are Taking Revenge

A member from the Iraqi security forces beats an Islamic State insurgent, who was captured in Tikrit, April 1, 2015. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani

Newsweek: End of ISIS: Victims of the Islamic State Group Are Taking Revenge However They Can

Days after the Islamic State group fled Mosul, Saeed Quraishi was in a judge’s office in Iraq’s Nineveh province when two women arrived. They were handing over suspects with links to ISIS. But these weren't hardened fighters or even sympathizers. They were their children, all under the age of 3. “We don’t want them,” the women said. “Their fathers are [ISIS], and they raped us.”

Quraishi watched as the women walked away, leaving their crying babies behind. He wondered if the women’s families had pressured them to give up the children. “It was a horrible situation,” says Quraishi, an Iraqi human rights worker, who asked to use a pseudonym because he feared for his safety. “Even if it was their decision, that is not easy.”

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WNU Editor: AS for the Islamic State, they are continuing with their scorched earth behavior .... Islamic State torches oil wells in northern Iraq - officials (Reuters).

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