| Submit your comments on this article |
| Iraq |
| Official: Islamic State levels defiant tribal village |
| 2015-06-23 |
| [Rudaw] 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 Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... turbans destroyed an entire village in Salahadin province after residents refused to fight for the radical group, a local tribal council said Monday. "Daesh gunnies have demolished 400 civilian houses in Zawiya village as a punishment for the residents who refused to be a part of Daesh militias," said Marwan Jabara, front man for the Committee of Tribal Communities. Jabara said the Islamic State, or ISIS, tried to force the men of the village to join their militia but the villagers refused. In response, ISIS forced the residents out of Zawiya, north of Baiji, and leveled the entire community. Jabara has called on the government to push ISIS of their territory and help the civilians who have lost their homes and are now displaced to nearby areas. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |