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More than 500 foreign IS members convicted in Iraq
« on: May 08, 2019, 04:18:16 pm »
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More than 500 foreign IS members convicted in Iraq
The New Arab & agencies

Iraq's Supreme Court has said that more than 500 foreign nationals were tried and sentenced for joining the Islamic State group in 2018.

Moran than 500 foreigners have been tried and sentenced since the start of 2018 for joining the Islamic State group, Iraq's Supreme Court announced on Wednesday.

It said "514 verdicts were issued, for both men and women, while another 202 accused are still being interrogated and 44 are still being tried", while 11 were acquitted.

The statement referred to "different nationalities" but did not list any specific countries.

Read more at: https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2019/5/8/more-than-500-foreign-is-members-convicted-in-iraq

200 still on the docket. So, we can imagine for everyone convicted, there's probably another 3-5 who didn't get caught. Something like this.