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Twenty 'dangerous' ISIS members escaped from Hasaka prison: top Iraqi official
2022-02-11
[Rudaw] The Iraqi National Security Advisor claimed on Thursday that 20 "dangerous" members of 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) managed to escape during a prison break attempt in Hasaka, northeast Syria (Rojava) late last month.

Qassim al-Araji received the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
Ambassador to Iraq Ville Varjola on Thursday, where he called on European countries to repatriate their ISIS-affiliated nationals in Rojava’s al-Hol camp, according to a statement by Araji.

ISIS attacked al-Sina’a prison in Hasaka on January 20 with explosive-laden vehicles and other weapons. This caused over a week of intense festivities between ISIS fighters and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The prison was retaken by the SDF with the support of the global coalition against ISIS, and the recaptured prisoners were transferred to another prison.

"Twenty dangerous murderous Moslems managed to escape from Hasaka prison," he claimed.

The SDF held over 4,000 ISIS prisoners, including minors, before the attack. The forces said that 121 of its fighters, prison guards and civilians as well as 374 ISIS members were killed in the festivities without confirming any alleged escapes.

Rudaw English has approached the SDF for comment regarding Araji’s claim.

The Hasaka prison break attempt has alerted Iraqi and Kurdistan Region governments who share borders with Rojava.
Related:
Hasaka: 2022-02-10 Turkey intensifies shelling in Hakasah
Hasaka: 2022-02-10 Five ISIS escapees from Syria’s Hasakah prison arrested
Hasaka: 2022-02-10 UN warns of ISIS re-surge
Related:
Al-Sina: 2022-02-10 Five ISIS escapees from Syria’s Hasakah prison arrested
Al-Sina: 2022-02-09 US mechanized forces head to bases in Hasakah
Al-Sina: 2022-02-07 SDF investigates, arrests own members following Hasaka prison break attempt
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