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| Iraq |
| Iraqi minister 'sorry' for Daesh war prisoners flap |
| 2017-07-03 |
| [AA.TR] Iraqi Defense Minister Irfan al-Hayali has apologized for describing detained ISIS bully boyz as "war prisoners". In a statement on Sunday, al-Hayali said he was sorry for "the confusion caused by his speech about the treatment of ISIS members as war prisoners". "ISIS members are killers and criminals," he said. "It's a terrorist organization and UN conventions don't apply to it," al-Hayali said, adding that ISIS bully boyz "will be treated according to Iraqi laws". Last week, the Iraqi minister told news hounds that ISIS bully boyz held by Iraqi forces will be treated as war prisoners. Military expert Khalil al-Nuaimi said ISIS bully boyz don't fall under Geneva Conventions about the treatment of war prisoners. "Prisoners of war under the Geneva Convention are those who were detained during military fighting between two states, not between a state and a terrorist organization," he told Anadolu Agency. The Iraqi military is engaged in a wide-ranging campaign -- launched last October -- to recapture the entire city of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , which ISIS overran in mid-2014. Hundreds of ISIS bully boyz have been captured by Iraqi forces during the fighting. |
| Posted by:Fred |