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Iraqi sheikh: ISIS suspects families placed in ‘camps’ in Anbar
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Families of ISIS "criminals" have been separated from those who fell victim of the holy warrior group in the western Iraqi province of Anbar, by placing them in "separate camps," a sheikh has told Al Arabiya English."We need to separate families of ISIS criminals from the victim families, to avoid friction and confrontation between them," Sheikh Abdulwahab Sarhan al-Dulaimi, head of the Anbar Tribes Council Against Terrorism, said. "This is to protect [ISIS suspects’ families] their lives and to prevent Dire Revenge acts," he added, emphasizing "there is no vengeance taking place between tribes [in Anbar]." In February 2016, Iraq announced Ramadi city, Anbar’s capital, had been liberated from ISIS holy warriors. ISIS captured Ramadi in May 2015 in the largest defeat for Iraq’s military since the fall of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... in 2014. Many observers were fearful that Anbaris, who supported ISIS, would be targeted by families who lost family members at the hands of the holy warrior group. But US-based al-Hurra TV recently reported that rustics in Anbar were taking Dire Revenge against ISIS culprits and sympathizers by bombing their homes. In an interview with al-Hurra, Sheikh Omar al-Alwani said if a home belongs to one of the ISIS criminals, "we take 10 signatures from tribal notables and destroy their homes." Speaking to Al Arabiya English, Major-general Hadi Irzij, head of Anbar police, dismissed the claims. "We do have cases of homes being blasted, but these residential places were already booby-trapped by ISIS, and sometimes animals enter these homes and the bombings take place," he said. "Intentionally destroying homes by people is not happening," he added, describing local authorities as being "in control of the security situation." Irzij also vowed to arrest take to trial would-be vigilantes, if they took the law into their own hands. "We cannot allow this to happen," he said. He said the security apparatus had a data bank, which has a "a security indicator." "Those who have no security indicator will be allowed to return home." Irziju said "there is a memorandum of understanding signed by sheikhs, which state those who committed a crime against innocent lives will not be allowed to enter at the moment," leaving them stuck at their camps. He said about 51,000 families have returned home to their homes in Ramadi, and 59,000 returned back to another city in Anbar called Fallujah. "Each family has approximately five members," he said. "This is a big number." The population of Anbar is approximately 1.561 million. The sheikh, meanwhile, reiterated that Iraqi courts, local authorities and the central government are the "ultimate deciders" over the "crimes committed in Anbar" by ISIS holy warriors. He said tribal customs ushered in and became fortified following the weakening of the central government in Baghdad following the 2003 invasion of Iraq that saw the toppling of late President Saddam Hussein’s government. "Some security sides were not competent in administering investigations, that’s why tribal customs came in continuation for the law to protect societal peace," he said. Posted by: Fred 2016-11-18 |
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