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Middle East

Eugene

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2. The new thing is foreign fighters captured in Syria facing hanging by Iraq,

Reply to ROB-ROX (Reply #1)

Sun May 26, 2019, 01:23 PM

May 2019

where just membership in the Islamic State is a capital offense.

The Trump Administration has urged Europe to take their nationals back from Syria to face justice in their original home countries.

Even in Iraq, a captured Jihadi still has a greater than zero chance of living to fight another day.

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Iraq sentences three French citizens to death for joining Isis [View all] Eugene May 2019 OP

So PRISONERS are given "EXECUTED" when caught. ROB-ROX May 2019 #1

The new thing is foreign fighters captured in Syria facing hanging by Iraq, Eugene May 2019 #2