US forces have 1,000 ISIS detainees — and don’t know what to do with them
By: Kyle Rempfer   1 day ago
The Islamic State’s physical territory has dwindled to a ramshackle camp only a few square kilometers wide in eastern Syria’s Deir Ez Zor province. But as the so-called caliphate’s end nears, questions remain about what will become of the roughly 1,000 ISIS fighters who have been detained by U.S. troops and local allies.
While some of the ISIS detainees are front-lines troops and untrained cannon fodder, a significant cohort of them are also more capable militants trained as external operation planners and master bomb makers who pose a threat to the U.S. and its allies.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-army/2019/02/14/us-forces-have-1000-isis-detainees-and-dont-know-what-to-do-with-them/
