In the months after isis laid claim to northern iraq in june 2014, majid and ahlam managed to cross into isis territory to help rescue women. Smuggled video testimony documents harsh rule of syrian. Secret deal saw hundreds of isis fighters smuggled out of raqqa in huge convoy investigation by bbc spoke to dozens of people involved in secret operation the fanatics formed a sevenkilometer. This empty political space will be filled by extremists unless the united states and its allies build strong local forces that can suppress terrorist. The secret history of isis transcript frontline pbs. His numberone concern turned out to be the safety and welfare of the few remaining civilians who remained in raqqa, and the safety and welfare of the u. James mattis allowed the isis terrorists to escape from. Secretary of defense, general james mattis, made a secret decision to place the safety and welfare of some foreigners higher than the welfare and safety of the american people. Sometimes, they said, they would send messages taunting isis members for letting them get past many of the groups members had been majids and ahlams neighbors for years. Smuggled guns, dying children, tents set on fire, contaminated water, guards stabbed and isis ideology spreading unchecked. The former iraqi official, in a prison interview, says the islamic state recruited experts for a secret program to make mustard gas. Isis video showing the beheading of steven sotloff was released the same day as u. Ben taub on the future of iraq, following the islamic states defeat in mosul.
How isis spread in syria and iraqand how to stop it the atlantic. Smuggled video testimony documents harsh rule of syrian islamist group. Isis fighters smuggled out of raqqa by us, uk and kurds, bbc claims raqqas dirty secret says 250 fighters with families and arms were given safe passage wed, nov 15, 2017, 17. I was an analyst working on the team that was charged with evaluating. Top 10 secret photos smuggled out of north korea subscribe to top 10s description. Hundreds of isis fighters smuggled out of raqqa daily. Charlie from top 10s counts down the the top 10 shocking photos smuggled out of north korea. The islamic state of iraq and the levant also known as the islamic state of iraq and syria officially known as the islamic state is and also known by its. The brutality and oppression of life under is is revealed by exclusive video and testimony from iraq s second city of mosul, a year after it fell. Isis fighters smuggled out of raqqa by us, uk and kurds. Winner of the 2016 pulitzer prize for general nonfiction a best book of 2015the new york times. Iraqi troops torture and execute civilians in secret videos. The secret battle to save lgbt people from isis and. The alarming footage was smuggled out of iraq by a prizewinning iraqi photojournalist, ali arkady, who spent months embedded in combat with the elite iraqi troops leading the fight against isis.
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