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Iraq

Suspect in infamous ISIS massacre arrested in Sulaimani

2023-07-28

[Rudaw] Iraq’s security media cell on Thursday announced the arrest of a suspected Islamic State

...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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(ISIS) murderous Moslem in Sulaimani involved in the group’s infamous Camp Speicher massacre nearly 10 years ago.

On June 12, 2014, around 1,700 Shiite cadets undergoing training at Camp Speicher in Salahaddin’s Tikrit
...birthplace of Saddam Hussein...
were executed by ISIS murderous Moslems, who had initially promised them safe passage.

Abdul Khaliq Khazal Sultan had joined ISIS in 2013 and was one of the executioners in the 2014 massacre. The suspect had also participated in several other operations targeting members of the security forces in Salahaddin and Nineveh, according to the statement.

He was arrested as a result of a joint operation between the Iraqi intelligence service and the Sulaimani counterterrorism forces and has been handed over to the relevant authorities, the cell reported.

Four other suspects were also arrested in Nineveh after reportedly confessing to being members of murderous Moslem groups linked to ISIS.

The Camp Speicher Massacre is one of ISIS’ most brutal crimes in Iraq. The United Nations
...a formerly good idea gone bad...
Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by ISIS/ISIS (UNITAD) said on June 2021 that there was "clear and convincing evidence" that the massacre "constituted a number of war crimes under international law."

Dozens accused of taking part in the massacre have already been executed. 31 men were executed for their alleged involvement in the massacre on January 2017.

Shafaq News adds:

“The detainee joined ISIS in 2013 and took part in several operations targeting security forces in Saladin governorate, participated in the Speicher massacre and was one of the perpetrators in 2014, then served as the so-called military of the Tigris province, to then move to the ranks of ISIS in the so-called Wilayat Nineveh and take part in battles against the security forces."

Last Friday, Iraqi authorities also announced the arrest of one of the perpetrators of the Speicher crime in northeastern Syria. The arrest culminated in a nine-year pursuit to bring the accused to justice.

The Iraqi Joint Operations Command explained that the arrested, identified as "Izzat Ibrahim Muhammad Rabie," was wanted in connection with the terrorist crime at Speicher, which had sent shockwaves across Iraq and the international community.

According to the Command, the pursuit was fraught with challenges, as the perpetrator had resorted to adopting a false identity to evade capture and had attempted to flee to a neighboring country.

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