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ISIS wives: The lost women of war
2019-01-13
[Ynet] They left the West to join their husbands in Syria, only to lose them in battle and then face death by hanging; for the foreign women wed to Islamist jihadists, their countries have abandoned them to a judgment that is quick and often lethal.

Ten minutes‐that’s the length of the average trial of a woman who is suspected of being the wife of an Islamic State
...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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
fighter. These lightning trials have been going on in Iraq and northern Syria in the past few months. The women are brought in from detention camps, and each gets her 10 minutes in front of three judges.
Posted by:trailing wife

#8  my givadam has been breached, and unusable
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2019-01-13 22:23  

#7  Zero fucks good given
Posted by: Regular joe   2019-01-13 19:18  

#6  Send them, and the bill, to Qatar.
Posted by: magpie   2019-01-13 15:48  

#5  Share the fate of all of history's failed conquerors.
Posted by: Phush Poodle1018   2019-01-13 11:19  

#4  "Suwaidi said that she picked up a rifle... "

That makes her a combatant, not a "wife" of one.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2019-01-13 10:52  

#3  My sympathy meter is broken. They chose poorly
Posted by: Frank G   2019-01-13 10:07  

#2  What's that I kept hearing about...agency for women or something like that.

How about some of the Hollywood Ho' contingent go "rescue" these sisters?
Posted by: AlanC   2019-01-13 09:37  

#1  Gene pool clean-up at it's finest...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-01-13 08:06  

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