Abdulla Hawez, Daily Beast: Iraq’s Shia Militias Accused of War Crimes in Fight Against ISIS
Residents in two towns near Fallujah have allegedly been kidnapped, tortured and killed.
BAGHDAD — The stalled battle to retake the Iraqi city of Fallujah from ISIS has given way to another grim development: accusations of human rights abuses against fleeing refugees by pro-Iraqi government forces.
The largely Shia militia group officially known as Hashd al-Shaabi or Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), headed by Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, a U.S.-designated terrorist has, according to the United Nations, committed atrocities against Sunnis in two newly liberated areas of Saqlawiyah and Al-Karmah, are just kilometers from Fallujah city.
Two sources in Saqlawiyah, who asked to remain anonymous due to fear of their lives, have told The Daily Beast that hundreds of civilian residents of Saqlawiyah and Karma have been heavily tortured by the PMF. Five dead bodies have been uncovered, but there are an additional 200 to 300 civilians that have been taken by the PMF; their fates are unknown.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- June 8, 2016
It will take more than military victories to defeat Isis -- David Gardner, Financial Times
How Isolated is Netanyahu? -- Jonathan Tobin, Commentary
Unimaginable Horrors: The War-Crimes Lawyer Hunting Syrian War Criminals -- Susanne Koelbl, Spiegel Online
A public funeral, international tribunal, and justice denied for Lebanon -- Nicholas Blanford, CSM
Is Sisi selling Egypt to Saudis? -- Ahmed Hidji, Al-Monitor
The EU paper tiger to fend off refugees -- Ludger Schadomsky, DW
Why French Workers Are So Mad -- Sylvain Cypel, NYT
There is still time for hope – Brexiters can be persuaded -- Polly Toynbee, The Guardian
America Needs to Break its Old Habits on Russia -- Thomas Graham, National Interest
A sit-down with Brazil's beleaguered President Rousseff -- Al Jazeera
Venezuela Could End Up as a Completely Failed State — a Somalia in the Caribbean -- Rafael Osío Cabrices, Huffington Post
Latin America’s Rising Right -- Mohamed A. El-Erian, Project Syndicate
Who owns ancient artefacts? -- Inside Story/Al Jazeera
U.S. Tech Giants Have Disrupted Global Tax Systems -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg
Is Flying a Drone Illegal? A Comprehensive Guide to America’s Drone Laws -- Jason Koebler, Motherboard
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