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This image posted on a militant website on
Saturday, which has been verif ied and is
consistent with other AP reporting, appears to
show militants f rom the al Qaeda-inspired Islamic
State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) taking aim at
captured Iraqi soldiers wearing plain clothes af ter
taking over a base in Tikrit, Iraq. (AP Photo via
militant website)
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Baghdad, June 15, 2014
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First Published: 20:23 IST(15/6/2014)
Last Updated: 18:20 IST(16/6/2014)
Islamic militants post images of Iraq soldiers' mass
killing on website
The Islamic militant group that swept across northern Iraq
and captured two major cities last week has posted
graphic photos that appear to show its fighters massacring
dozens of captured Iraqi soldiers.
The pictures on a militant website appear to show masked
fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL,
loading the captives onto flatbed trucks before forcing
them to lie face-down in a shallow ditch with their arms tied
behind their backs. The final images show the bodies of
the captives soaked in blood after being shot.
The grisly images could further sharpen sectarian
tensions as hundreds of Shiites heed a call from their
most revered spiritual leader to take up arms against the
Sunni militants that have swept across the north. ISIL has
vowed to take the battle to Baghdad and cities further
south housing revered Shiite shrines.
Read: Iraq presses counter-offensive, US deploys warship
A car bomb meanwhile exploded in central Baghdad, killing 10 and wounding 21, according to police
and hospital officials. Baghdad has seen an escalation in suicide and car bombings in recent months,
mostly targeting Shiite neighborhoods or security forces.
Government officials said ISIL fighters were trying to capture Tal Afar in northern Iraq on Sunday and
raining down rockets seized last week from military arms depots. The officials said the local garrison
suffered heavy casualties and the town's main hospital was unable to cope with the number of
wounded, without providing exact numbers.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to reporters.
Tal Afar is mainly inhabited by Turkmen, an ethnic minority.
Read: Iraq on the brink of collapse: how it could impact world
The government meanwhile bolstered its defenses around Baghdad a day after hundreds of Shiite men
paraded through the streets with arms in response to a call by Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani for Iraqis
to defend their country. ISIL has vowed to attack Baghdad but its advance to the south seems to have
stalled in recent days.
ISIL and allied Sunni militants captured a vast swath of northern Iraq last week, including second city
Mosul and Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, as Iraqi troops, many of them armed and trained by
the US, fled in disarray, surrendering vehicles, weapons and ammunition to the powerful extremist
group, which also fights in Syria.
The captions of the photos say the killings were to avenge the killing of an ISIL commander, Abdul-
Rahman al-Beilawy, whose death was reported by both the government and ISIL shortly before the al-
Qaida splinter group's lightning offensive, which has plunged Iraq into its bloodiest crisis since the
withdrawal of US troops in 2011.
"This is the fate that awaits the Shiites sent by Nouri to fight the Sunnis," one caption read, apparently
referring to Iraq's Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
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Iraq's top military spokesman, Lt. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi, confirmed the photos' authenticity and
said he was aware of cases of mass murder of captured Iraqi soldiers in areas held by ISIL.
UN human rights chief Navi Pillay warned on Friday of "murder of all kinds" and other war crimes in
Iraq, and said the number killed in recent days may run into the hundreds, while the wounded could
approach 1,000.
Speaking in Geneva, she said her office has received reports that militants rounded up and killed Iraqi
soldiers as well as 17 civilians in a single street in Mosul.
Her office also heard of "summary executions and extrajudicial killings" after ISIL militants overran Iraqi
cities and towns, the statement said.
Most of the soldiers who appear in the pictures are in civilian clothes. Some are shown wearing military
uniforms underneath, indicating they may have hastily disguised themselves as civilians to try to
escape.
Many soldiers and policemen left their uniforms and equipment behind as the militants swept into
Mosul, Tikrit and surrounding areas.
The captions did not provide a date or location, but al-Moussawi said the killings took place in
Salahuddin province, the capital of which is Tikrit.
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sham a day ago
is Barkha dutt covering this secular slaughtering ....

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Noni a day ago sham
We should send her and Sagarika Ghouse for live reporting. I would love to see some
sunnis 'take care' of them.

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sham a day ago Noni
all Secular bast*rds mum on this show ..we would like to see all secular (fake)
slaughtered ...specially shia's in India


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Modi & Advani killed more than 4,000 people, Hindu extremism more dangerous than Jihadis


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Defenderofthefaithless a day ago Munisammappa
Hindu extremism, Jewish extremism, Christian, Buddhist extremism are ALL
responses to Muslim extremism and violence and aggression


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sham a day ago Munisammappa
you deserve more slaughtering ...


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tvarad 2 days ago Munisammappa
If it is so dangerous, why don't you emigrate to Syria, Iraq, Nigeria or Pakistan where
you will be much safer as a muslim?

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hammer85 2 days ago
This is Jihad?

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Sanjay Khatri 2 days ago
Another Afghanistan in making?

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Nandish 2 days ago
From where these terrorist ba$5ztards are getting weapons? All those weapon producing
factories must be bombed from American forces.That is the only solution.

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FPDummy 2 days ago Nandish
For that you need to bombAmerika and Europe, the biggest arms producers. Workout
Terrorist their products become worthless!


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lookman 2 days ago
I5LAM WAS CONCEIVED and FOUNDED FOR SUB-HUMANS WHICH IS WHAT HUMANS
BECOME WHEN BRAIN-LOCKED. KILL, KILL and GET KILLED BEFORE TWENTY IS THE
MAIN ORDAINMENT OF I5LAM. IF OTHERS STEER CLEAR OF THEIR TRAPPINGS THE
DEVIL IN I5LAM WILL TEAR IT TO SHREDS FOR A MAGNIFICIENT SPECTACLE FOR THE
OTHERS TO ENJOY.

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amity89 2 days ago
This is a secular killing and should be celebrated instead of condemning it

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RajeevS 2 days ago amity89
And may be we should send some of our own home grown NGOs to Iraq, Afghanistan
and Pakistan - for celebration.

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indianmt 2 days ago
Is this what Islam preaches, kill all non-Sunnis? Sunnis are the violent sect of Islam as
compared to the moderate Shiites. Even USA failed to eliminate them from Iraq for fear of
repercussion from Sunni Saudi Arabia.

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Diggy Dawg 2 days ago Noni
That is unlikely to happen given that these people will have no where to go. Pakistan
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That is unlikely to happen given that these people will have no where to go. Pakistan
and BD seems obvious choices, until they close their borders and with cameras
rolling and beaming images the world over, you will have refugee camps and human
suffering on the Indian side of the border. The negative impact of that will be
indescribable.
On the other hand, if you have people converting away from Islam, that would be
classified as 'freedom of religion' and has a much more realistic chance of
implementation and success.

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FPDummy 2 days ago
This can't be the way for any civilised faith or ideology aimed at progress. This is karma of
their part brutal violence cycle on other faiths, now targeting themselves.
Hope they realize and come out of it openly.

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islander 2 days ago
All the name of religion. the root of all wars

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RajeevS 2 days ago islander
It is only applicable to certain religions. Don't generalize.

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Astral Dust 2 days ago islander
Root of all evil actually.

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indianmt 2 days ago Indian
No. Quaran is not Manual of terrorism. Sufi saints were not terrorists. It is the
interpretation of the Quaran by fascists on illiterate masses. Same is the case
in all religions where religious books are misinterpreted by fanatics. That is
why we have Sikh terrorists and Hindu terrorists. In time gone by even
Christians conquered and killed non-Christians.

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RajeevS a day ago indianmt
This is just bunch of lies. What sufis preach is in direct contravention
with Quran. Stop defending the indefensible, by bringing in inane
arguments.

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