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The Beatings Will Continue: Iraqi and Syrian Editions
 3 mass graves uncovered in Salahuddin (IraqiNews.com) Salahuddin – Kata’ib al-Imam brigade announced discovering three mass graves containing the remains of Speicher camp’s martyrs in central Tikrit. The spokesperson for Kata’ib al-Imam brigade Hussein al-Asadi said, “Today, detachments of Kata’ib al-Imam brigade discovered three mass graves containing the remains of Speicher camp’s victims inside the presidential palaces in central Tikrit.” “These graves contained the bodies of more than 30 victims,” Asadi added. ISIS finance center burns in Mosul Just like everything else these fellas touch (IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – A local source in Nineveh province reported on Tuesday, that the main building of ISIS financial directorate was devoured by a huge fire in downtown Mosul. Sharing further details the source informed, “Fire broke out in the main building of ISIS finance directorate in central Mosul,” noting that, “The fire was accompanied by explosions inside the building due to the extension of the fire to a warehouse containing munitions and ammunition.” “Detachments of ISIS wearing black uniforms arrested the financial official and five of his associates over the incident. The building was dedicated to the management of ISIS salaries file,” the source added. 1 executed for screwing around in Deir ez-Zor DEIR EZZOR – Militants of the Islamic State (ISIS) radical group stoned a young man to death after accusing him of committing adultery, activists in Syria’s eastern Deir ez-Zor province reported on Wednesday. The ISIS-led Islamic Police [al-Hisba] detained the 22-year-old man Ali al-Alian al-Shiwesh in the city of al-Bukamal in southern Deir ez-Zor earlier on Tuesday. The Sharia Court on Wednesday decided to publicly stone him to death on charges of committing adultery. “Dozens of people gathered in al-Bukamal’s central square to witness the execution of al-Shiwesh,” media activist Hazim al-Agidi told ARA News. Eyewitnesses reported that ISIS militants have also forced a number of civilians to participate in stoning the young man. “Islamic State members demanded the people to participate in executing the victim, stressing that the people should show commitment to Allah’s Sharia and that the man deserved death for committing adultery,” an eyewitness told ARA News, speaking on condition of anonymity. Iraqis continue to deal with oil field fires set by ISIS Iraq has put out fires at six more oil wells in the Qayyara region, which Iraqi forces recaptured from ISIS late last month, but at least three fires are still blazing, the oil ministry said on Tuesday. The militants sabotaged much of Qayyara’s oil infrastructure before fleeing ahead of the government advance, sending black smoke into the sky for days and oil pouring into main thoroughfares. The authorities said last week they had already put out fires from four wells, but a Reuters correspondent visiting the city afterwards saw around a dozen separate plumes of smoke and a military officer in the area said on Sunday the fires were still raging. “The firefighting consisted of removing explosives from these wells, putting out the fires and preventing crude oil from leaking into the river to prevent pollution,” ministry spokesman Asim Jihad said. Responders also built dirt walls and trenches to prevent oil from reaching residential neighborhoods, he added. Jihad said three wells that remain outside the control of the security forces would be extinguished as soon as they were recaptured. The Qayyara region produces heavy sour crude and has a small refinery to process some of the oil. The oil ministry has said it does not expect to resume production from the Qayyara region before security forces recapture Mosul, Islamic State’s de facto capital in Iraq. The two main fields, Qayyara and Najma, used to produce 30,000 barrels per day of heavy crude before the takeover by Islamic State. Posted by: badanov 2016-09-07 |
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