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| Iraq |
| Female ISIS leader captured in US Syria raid now in Baghdad prison |
| 2015-05-19 |
| [Rudaw] Umm Sayyef, the wife of the dear departed ISIS oil chief Abu Sayyef who was killed by US commandos in Syria Saturday, is now held in a Baghdad prison and will be charged with enslaving a Kurdish Yezidi woman who was raped while in ISIS captivity, a well-informed source told Rudaw. The source spoke to Rudaw Monday on condition of anonymity, as they were not authorized to discuss the issue publicly. "Umm Sayyef was the head of the biggest Daesh group who sold Kurdish Yezidi women in Syria and Iraq... her husband was in charge of the oil trade, so obviously they gave her a crucial role, especially in Syria," the source added using Daesh, the Arabic acronym for ISIS. The US commandos killed Abu Sayyef and captured his wife in a rare ground attack deep into Syria. American officials announced their forces rescued a Yezidi woman who was enslaved, but the source who spoke to Rudaw didn't confirm the claim. "They may even rescue more enslaved women, but the Kurdistan Regional Government has not been informed about this issue," he said. US officials said no Americans were killed during the firefight, but Abu Sayyef and a dozen ISIS guards were killed during the operation. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 Thought that too TW. It's not clear how many people are left in our embassy at this time. A worry is that the embassy could become another Benghazi without contingency plans for an emergency. Would "O" leave people behind? Maybe. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2015-05-19 09:28 |
| #1 It occurs to me that the lady may not be in prison for terribly long. Baghdad is not that far from Ramadi. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2015-05-19 06:54 |