Islamic militants execute four Syrian spies in Iraq


 Written by : Mohamed Abdel Fattah


Jul 15, 2014

 Four Syrian men were publicly executed by jihadist militants in an Iraqi town for allegedly spying for President Bashar al-Assad's regime.

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISISL) , the Sunni extremist group militants brought the men to a main street in Al-Qaim, near Iraq’s border with Syria, in a convoy of trucks on Sunday, the men, with their hands bound, were shot dead one by one ,witnesses said.

Their bodies were taken away by ambulance and Dr Mustafa Shawqi from the Al-Qaim hospital confirmed the deaths, according to the AFP news agency.

The Sunni extremist group militants have repeatedly carried out executions in both Iraq and Syria, and have documented their deeds online with grisly photos of their victims,Isis claims to have executed 1,700 people after capturing the Iraqi city of Tikrit.

Last month , the US-based rights group said Friday militants from the ISIL killed between 160 and 190 men in two locations in Tikrit between June 11 and June 14.

“The number of victims may well be much higher, but the difficulty of locating bodies and accessing the area has prevented a full investigation,'' it said.

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) posted several photos online in mid-June posted on the group’s website show rows of men lying face down in trenches while their executioners blast away.

“The photos and satellite images from Tikrit provide strong evidence of a horrible war crime that needs further investigation," Human Rights Watch Emergency Director Peter Bouckaert said in a statement.

The massacre happened in the town that spawned the brutal Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein  who was ousted by U.S. forces in 2003 and hanged in 2006.

The ISIL and associated Sunni rebel forces have taken control of large territories in Iraq in two week, plunging the country into crisis and increasingly splitting communities along sectarian lines

ISIS, an al Qaeda splinter group, wants to establish a caliphate, or Islamic state, that would stretch from Iraq into northern Syria.

According to officials, the rebels now control two airports, three airstrips and 30 military bases across the country, including ones once well-known as centres of the American occupation.

Sources

AFP

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