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2022-02-04 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
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Day 2: NGO says ISIS trafficked in Yazdi wimmin, Iraq and Israel provided info for al-Qurayshi raid in Idlib
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QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – The killed ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi aka “Hajji Abdullah” was heavily involved in the slave trade of Yezidi women from Iraq, the Commission for International Justice and Accountability (CIJA) said in a statement on Thursday.
In an investigation that has been conducted sin 2015, the CIJA said their “investigations on the ground in Syria and Iraq showed his potential criminal responsibility for war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, and other offenses such as human trafficking.”
Today, the US President, Joe Biden, announced the killing of Abu Ibrahim al-Qurayshi, the leader of ISIS in Idlib, northwest Syria.
The CIJA reported that Abdullah served as ISIS’s senior judge and Sharia law official in Iraq from 2014, exercising religious authority over all ISIS activity across that country.
“Hajji Abdullah had enormous power to persecute and punish ISIS enemies as far back as 2014. Not only was he one of the key architects of the Islamic State slave trade in Yezidi women and children, he personally enslaved and raped captive women,” said Nerma Jelacic, Deputy Director of CIJA.
The CIJA statement added that Hajji Abdullah was responsible for all Yezidi prisoners held in Iraq after they had been captured during ISIS Sinjar military operation in August 2014.
“He oversaw the distribution of Yezidi women, together with young children, to ISIS members as sabaya (female spoils of war).”
It pointed out that he was also responsible for the massacre of hundreds of Yezidi men and boys.
The Commission for International Justice and Accountability (CIJA) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization dedicated to furthering criminal justice efforts through investigations, in order to prevent the loss and destruction of vital evidence for the purpose of supporting prosecutorial efforts to end impunity, whether at the domestic or international level.
Iraq claims role in US operation that killed ISIS leader in Syria
[Rudaw] Iraqi intelligence provided the US with "accurate" information in the overnight operation against ISIS leader in Syria, leading to his location and death, military spokesperson for Iraqi prime minister claimed late Thursday.
The US operation killed the 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) leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi in Idlib, northwest Syria. The US has not acknowledged the role of any force or government in the operation but has said the country will continue working with the Kurdish forces in Syria as well as Iraqi army and Peshmerga in the fight against ISIS.
"The operation ... was carried out after the Iraqi National Intelligence Service provided the global coalition with accurate information which led to his location and killing," Yehia Rasool, military spokesperson for Iraqi PM Mustafa al-Kadhimi, who is also the commander-in-chief of armed forces, said in a tweet.
The killing of the high-ranking ISIS leader took place on a property in Atmeh, north of Idlib and just east of the border with The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
 ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
The death of Qurayshi comes three years after US special forces killed former ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a similar-style attack in 2019 in the same area.
Israel provided intel used in US operation to kill Islamic State leader — report
[IsraelTimes] Jerusalem, which was familiar with al-Qurayshi because he once held ‘Israel file’ in IS, was reportedly notified in advance of raid to take him out, helped track his location
Israel reportedly provided intelligence used in the US operation to kill Islamic State leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi in northern Syria early Thursday.
Channel 13 news quoted foreign sources who claimed Israel assisted in the intelligence tracking of al-Qurayshi, utilizing sources inside Syria who helped create an intelligence window that allowed the US to act.
“Without the information on his location, there is obviously no possibility for such an operation to take place,” one source told Channel 13.
The Kan public broadcaster reported that the US notified Israel of the operation ahead of time, likely because of Jerusalem’s familiarity with al-Qurayshi, who held the “Israel file” in IS before taking over as the terror group’s leader in October 2019, when his predecessor was killed in a similar US raid.
Israel has not been a spectator in the global fight against IS. Former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot told the Maariv daily earlier this month that Israeli forces have killed hundreds of the group’s operatives throughout the Middle East.
Oh? Somehow I don’t recall seeing reports on this before. The predawn raid in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province targeted al-Qurayshi, who took over as head of the group on October 31, 2019, just days after his predecessor Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died during a US raid in the same area. Biden said al-Qurayshi died, as al-Baghdadi did, by exploding a bomb that killed himself and members of his family, including women and children, as US forces approached.
US special forces landed in helicopters and assaulted a house in a rebel-held corner of Syria, clashing for two hours with gunmen, witnesses said. Residents described continuous gunfire and explosions that jolted the town of Atmeh near the Turkish border, an area dotted with camps for internally displaced people from Syria’s civil war.
First responders reported that 13 people had been killed, including six children and four women. The Pentagon said no American soldiers were injured in the operation.
Biden, along with Vice President Kamala Harris and senior national security aides, monitored a live feed of the operation from the White House Situation Room, according to an official.
Golly — just like President Obama and his crew, back in the day. The operation marked a military success for the United States at an important time after setbacks elsewhere — including the chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal — have led allies and opponents to conclude US power globally was weakening.
The house, surrounded by olive trees in fields outside Atmeh, was left with its top floor shattered and blood spattered inside.
Syrian town shocked to find out Islamic State leader was a neighbor
[IsraelTimes] After US raid kills terror chief, one of world’s most wanted men, nearby residents say he lived modestly and pretended to be a taxi driver.
When the landing began, residents thought US forces were targeting an Al-Qaeda leader. US special forces have carried out several operations against high-value jihadist targets in the Idlib area in recent months. The area, the last enclave to actively oppose the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, is home to more than three million people and is dominated by jihadists.
Abu Ali, a displaced Syrian who lives nearby who declined to give his full name for security reasons, said the US blasted messages to reassure residents. He heard American forces say, “Don’t worry. We’re just coming to this house… to rid you of the terrorists.”
Atme residents were shocked to hear that their neighbor in the modest two-story house surrounded by olive trees was in fact the leader of Islamic State. One of the world’s most wanted men, he was living there with his family and his sister.
Even his landlord, Mohamed al-Sheikh, was perplexed by the news. He thought he had leased the house to a cab driver. Al-Sheikh said Qurayshi had rented the house about a year ago. He lived on the ground floor with his wife and three children. His sister and her daughter lived on the first floor.
AFP correspondents shot photographs of the house that show a simple room with little more than foam mattresses, blankets, colorful clothes and children’s toys.
“This man lived here for 11 months. I did not notice anything strange about him,” Al-Sheikh said. “He would pay me rent and leave.”
One of the last times he saw his tenant, Al-Sheikh said he was picking olives near the house. Qurayshi brought him a cup of coffee and sat down for a chat. He seemed like an “easygoing, gentle and cheerful person” Al-Sheikh said. He always wore the same clothes, he said — a pair of trousers, a shirt, a vest and a headscarf.
Qurayshi’s moniker was “The Destroyer” and he had a reputation for brutality. He played a major role in the 2014 jihadist campaign to kill and enslave the Yazidis in Iraq. His cool demeanor and even temper shielded him from any suspicion.
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Black Hawk down and out: US commandos were forced to BLOW UP MH-60 chopper during ISIS Syria raid because of mechanical issues - decade after losing another helicopter during Bin Laden assault
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - U.S. special forces blew up a military helicopter after a raid in Syria that resulted in the death of the leader of the ISIS terrorist group
- American officials deny it crashed or was shot down
- Footage shows the helicopter - believed to be an MH60 Black Hawk - as a shell of itself with only the framework of the chopper visible
- Officials said it had 'mechanical issues' but was able to fly away from the raid site and later deemed unuseable for operations
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