Posted on 04/29/2018 12:10:06 PM PDT by BeadCounter
The head of Baghdad's Central Criminal Court sentenced the women on Sunday
The court said the women were found guilty of 'joining and supporting ISIS'
Six women from Azerbaijan and four from Tajikistan were also given life in prison
Iraq on Sunday sentenced 19 Russian women to life in prison for joining the Islamic State group, the latest in a series of heavy verdicts against foreign women linked to the jihadists.
The head of Baghdad's Central Criminal Court, which deals with terrorism cases, said the women were found guilty of 'joining and supporting IS', according to an AFP journalist at the hearing.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Several Brits too...
Don’t do the war crime unless you want the hard time.
Sally Jones may still be alive after all (Daily Mail, March 1, 2018).
I’m confused. If they’re from Azerbaijan and Tajikstan, how are they Russian?
Demonizing Russia, instead of islamist former Soviet “republics”.
just part of soros et al stirring up hatred against Russia.
Truth is Russia is our natural ally in the fight against terror.
They are Russian, the article mentions six other women from Azerbaijan and Tajikstan who were also sentenced.
Not the first Russian terrorist wives either "In February, Iraq turned over 27 women and their children to the Russian authorities after determining the women had been deceived into joining IS."
https://www.rferl.org/a/iraq-life-sentences-19-russian-women-joining-is/29199095.html
hang the women , sell the children in the souk . Karma
Little confusion there, eh? It has to do with this. They are Russian culture.
Collective Security Treaty Organization
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_Security_Treaty_Organization
Most of the people in most of the nations militarily close with Russia are Muslims who also speak the Russian language. You might also find the following interesting, although some of the information in comment #3 is a little outdated. The Muslim population in Russia is closer to 20% now.
Russia’s ‘outsourced’ jihadis come home
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3067218/posts?page=3#3
Saw something the other day that indicates that males who joined ISIS are serving much shorter terms. The Iraqis are imposing death sentences.
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