...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) detainees being moved from northeastern Syria (Rojava) to Iraq, Iraqi officials and politicians said.
Convoys of ISIS detainees have been arriving in Iraq in stages from Rojava. According to Iraqi security data obtained by Rudaw, about 6,000 detainees were transferred in 34 convoys.
Shakir Tamimi, a member of the Iraqi Parliament, warned of the risks posed by holding such a large group inside Iraq’s prison system. "It would have been better if the international coalition had transferred them to another country, especially since the number of Iraqis among them is not that high," Tamimi told Rudaw on Thursday, adding that the Iraqi government "has no information about them. Those entering the prisons may also influence other inmates; this is a major problem."
Lawmaker Safa Jabri told Rudaw on Thursday those accused of crimes in Iraq would face prosecution. "As far as the transfer, protection, and investigation of the detainees are concerned, if they have committed crimes against Iraqis or were involved in such acts, they will be referred to Iraqi courts for full legal proceedings," Jabri said, adding that he would support the measures.
The detainees transferred to Iraq include nationals from more than 50 countries, a fact that has fueled political concern in Baghdad.
They include 3,245 Syrians, 271 Iraqis, and 610 nationals from other Arab countries such as Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, and Saudi Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start..., in addition to more than 900 foreigners from Europe, Asia, and Australia.
Among them are 27 Germans - the largest European group - along with 10 from the Netherlands, nine from the United Kingdom, 13 Australians, four Swedes, three Frenchies, more than 130 Russians, and 160 Ottoman Turkish suspects.
Responsibility for the detainees has been handed to the Supreme Judicial Council of Iraq, which will oversee investigations and trials.
Officials say foreign ISIS members who committed crimes on Iraqi soil will be tried under Iraqi law, while those whose home countries request repatriation may be handed over provided they did not commit offenses in Iraq.
Justice Minister Khaled Shwani said Wednesday Iraq will take in all ISIS prisoners from Syria and hold them in high-security facilities as they await charges or repatriation. He described the detainees as "extremely dangerous" senior ISIS leaders.
Ali Dhia, assistant head of Iraq’s National Center for International Judicial Cooperation - an affiliate of the Supreme Judicial Council - said earlier this week that the group includes perpetrators of some of ISIS’s worst crimes.
Among the 7,000 to 8,000 prisoners being transferred are "individuals who committed crimes against our Yazidi people, as well as those involved in crimes involving the use of chemical weapons
...have not been used since WWI except for in Iraq, by the late, unlamented Saddam Hussein and in Syria, but really, honest, not by the Syrian government. And in Germany in WWII, but that was against civilians. Lots of them, just one of many reasons Hitler's also late and unlamented...
in Iraq during the period of ISIS control," he said.
Dhia added that preliminary investigations show "a number of them are considered highly dangerous, are leaders within ISIS terrorist gangs, and are perpetrators of genocide and crimes against humanity and Iraqi components."
The transfers follow a security shake-up in northeastern Syria. The US military said it began moving roughly 7,000 ISIS suspects from prisons run by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) last month after prison breaks and fighting raised fears of a wider security crisis.
In mid-January, the Syrian Arab Army and allied groups advanced into several cities formerly under SDF control.
After weeks of festivities, the SDF and Damascus announced on January 29 an internationally brokered agreement to end hostilities and integrate Rojava’s civil and military institutions, including Kurdish-led forces, into state structures.
Over 1,500 children held in Rojava camp housing ISIS families
[Rudaw] The fate of more than 1,500 children from families affiliated with the Islamic State (ISIS) remains uncertain as they are held by Kurdish authorities in Roj camp in northeast Syria (Rojava). Many of the children have been radicalized.
A Rudaw team was granted rare access to the camp on Sunday. The radicalized children approached the team with suspicion, and some attempted to attack them.
Many of the children know little or nothing about their fathers or their roots, and some refused to reveal their names.
An 11-year-old said he is from Azerbaijan but added that he has never seen his father.
“Neither I nor you know,” another child said when asked about his father’s name.
Mohammed was the only child who shared his name with the team. He, too, said he does not know his father.
According to data from the administration of al-Roj camp in eastern al-Hasaka province, out of a total of 2,201 camp residents, more than 1,500 are children whose parents come from 53 countries around the world.