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| ISIS kidnaps 170 civilians in Kirkuk | |
| 2015-01-04 | |
| [Iraq News] On Saturday, a security source in Kirkuk province announced, that the militants of ISIS have kidnapped 170 civilians of two villages in the Hawija district southwest of the province, because they burned its flag. The source said in an interview for IraqiNews.com, "Since last night until this morning, the militants ISIS have kidnapped 170 people belonging to the Jabour clan in the villages of Chajara and Gharib in Hawija (55 km southwest of Kirkuk)," noting that, "They were kidnapped for bringing down and burning the flag of the organization." The source, who requested anonymity, added, "The terrorist organization transferred the kidnapped to its detention headquarters in Hawija," pointing out, "ISIS now lives in a state of fear because of the increasing rejection toward it in the southwestern areas of the province."
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're 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 the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... jihadist group on Saturday freed dozens of men it had seized while searching for people who burned its flag in north Iraq, officials and residents said. An intelligence officer and a local official said that 162 out of 170 men were released after being taken by IS from the villages of Al-Shajara and Gharib in Kirkuk province, where two of the jihadist group's flags were torched. A 39-year-old from Al-Shajara who was among those detained said that they were taken by pickup truck to an open area where they were bound and questioned about who burned the flag. He and other detainees were kept overnight in houses with five to 10 people per room, after which all but eight were released, the man said. A resident of Al-Shajara confirmed that dozens of people had returned to their homes in the area. | |
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