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Iraq
MP: U.S. forces freed 1200 Iraqis from Islamic State
2017-12-06
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) U.S. forces have freed 1200 Iraqis from 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
captivity, the head of an Iraqi parliament committee said Tuesday, noting that they are currently held at Muthanna province.

Alghad Press website quoted Abdul-Rahim al-Shamri, chairman of the human rights
...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty...
committee, saying "we have received information from Iraqis detained by ISIS(Islamic State) that they were freed by U.S. forces.

"The information we have is that the Iraqi detainees are with the U.S. forces at al-Muthanna airport", Shamri said, noting that the committee was about to verify the reports.

"The number of detainees is 1200, including 700 chieftains, former army commanders and security personnel," he said
Posted by:trailing wife

#2  Are they freed or are they held? Which is it?
Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance   2017-12-06 20:27  

#1  Hooah
Posted by: Tarzan Omomoque5914   2017-12-06 14:53  

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