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The Beatings Will Continue: Iraqi Edition
 ISIS executes 284 in Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – Iraqi media outlets reported on Saturday that the Islamic State executed 284 people, including children in the city of Mosul over the past two days. Al Sumaria News stated, “The victims were killed by firing squad at the School of Agriculture which has a campus located to the north of Mosul. The victims were brought to the execution site in three consecutive batches,” adding that, “After the execution the bodies were transferred by bulldozers to mass graves at the same area.” “Nearly 150 of these victims were executed after sunset on Thursday,” Al Sumaria added. “61 victims did not exceed the age of 14 years, and the dead were residents of villages and towns located to the northwest of Mosul, including al-Zawiya town,” Al Sumaria explained. ISIS is trying to strengthen its grip on Mosul while Iraqi government joint security forces, backed by the Iraqi Air Force and the international coalition Air Force, continue advancing in the battle to liberate Mosul from the grip of ISIS. ISIS arrests 5 for sedition (IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – The Islamic State group arrested five former Imams in the city of Mosul on charges of sedition, Iraqi media outlets reported on Sunday. “Today, ISIS raided a number of neighborhoods in the city of Mosul, and arrested five former Imams on charges of sedition through conducting suspicious meetings at their houses,” Al Sumaria said. Al Sumaria also revealed that the ISIS sacked the arrested Imams months ago and replaced them with others who believe in the group’s ideology. The detainees were transferred to an unknown destination amid popular rejection. Last week, popular uprising started to emerge against the ISIS in the city of Mosul, while today a missile was fired targeting ISIS members in Tel al-Ruman area. ISIS executes 7 for desertion [ARA News] Qamshli – The radical Islamic State (ISIS) group executed on Sunday at least seven of its own militant fighters on charges of “high treason”. The militants were executed for escaping the battlefront in Mosul, activists and eyewitnesses reported. “Those fighters had evacuated their posts in Mosul in northern Iraq without permission, heading to the Syrian border,” media activist Abdullah al-Malla told ARA News. The militants were arrested by the ISIS-linked Hisba Police upon their arrival to Syria’s eastern governorate of Deir ez-Zor. “They were arrested at the al-Bukamal border crossing on Sunday morning,” a source close to ISIS in Deir ez-Zor told ARA News. The seven militants were charged with “high treason” for attempting dissidence. They were executed by firing squad in front of hundreds of people in Deir ez-Zor. This comes amid intensified fighting in Mosul, where the Kurdish Peshmerga forces and Iraqi Army, backed by the US-led coalition, have launched a major offensive on ISIS’ main bastion in Iraq. Posted by: badanov 2016-10-24 |
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