FALLUJAH, Anbar Province – Islamic group militants have published and announced in mosques the names of at least 100 people inside the Iraqi city of Fallujah to be executed for their lack of cooperation with the extremists, a local official told Rudaw on Friday.
“They declared the killing of at least 100 local Fallujah figures to be halal [permitted by Islam] because they have not joined Daesh [Arabic acronym for ISIS] militias,” Nouri Aftan, head of a Fallujah citizens' committee, said in a press conference.
“They have published and told the public the names of 100 figures who are disobeying the group,” he added.
According to a Shiite military official, Iraqi forces and Shiite militias surrounded Fallujah on Friday in preparation of an assault to recapture the city that has been controlled by the jihadists since last year.
Earlier this year, ISIS called for the death of at least 190 local tribal leaders in the group’s self-claimed capital of Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city.
“They declared the killing of at least 100 local Fallujah figures to be halal [permitted by Islam] because they have not joined Daesh [Arabic acronym for ISIS] militias,” Nouri Aftan, head of a Fallujah citizens' committee, said in a press conference.
“They have published and told the public the names of 100 figures who are disobeying the group,” he added.
According to a Shiite military official, Iraqi forces and Shiite militias surrounded Fallujah on Friday in preparation of an assault to recapture the city that has been controlled by the jihadists since last year.
Earlier this year, ISIS called for the death of at least 190 local tribal leaders in the group’s self-claimed capital of Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city.
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