...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really 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 western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
(ISIS) members in separate operations in the city of Sulaimani.
The pair were arrested on Friday "after collecting information and monitoring the location of the wanted suspects in two separate operations," the Sulaimani Asayish directorate said in a statement.
One of the suspects had fought for ISIS and been maimed, according to the Asayish.
Thousands of people have been detained across Iraq since 2014 for suspected links to terrorist groups, including ISIS, and hundreds have been executed.
On Saturday, Iraqi military intelligence forces in Kirkuk province said they had arrested two suspected ISIS members in coordination with Sulaimani anti-terror forces. Earlier in August, Sulaimani Asayish forces arrested three ISIS suspects.
The United States military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) said that at least two ISIS operatives were killed and an additional 24 detained in partnered operations with their allies in Iraq during the month of July.