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IS frees 200 elderly Yazidis in north Iraq
[IsraelTimes]. Jihadist group surprise releases captives, likely because they were a burden, Kurdish official says
Then they were ISIS's burden, potentially useful as hostages and human shields, demoralizing by their very existence; now they've shoved the burden onto the Kurds, hoping it will sink them, or at least slow them down a bit. It's an ancient tactic.
The Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
 (IS) group released more than 200 mostly elderly members of northern Iraqs Yazidi minority Saturday who had been held for months, officials and activists said.

Posted by: trailing wife 2015-01-18
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