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A court in Iraq has handed down life sentences to nearly two dozen Russian women over illegal entry, membership in Daesh Takfiri terrorist group, and involvement in acts of terror across the war-ravaged Arab country.
A judicial source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the Central Criminal Court of Iraq, which is the country's flagship criminal justice institution, found 19 female Russian citizens guilty of “joining and supporting Daesh.”
The court issued the verdicts as women, all accompanied by small children, attended the hearing. Families and relatives of Daesh Takfiri militants are seen after surrendering themselves to the Kurdish Peshmerga forces in al-Ayadiya, northwest of Tal Afar, Iraq, on August 30, 2017. (Photo by Reuters)
Ziyad Sabsabi, a Russian senator and Deputy Chairman of the Senate's Foreign Relations Committee, had earlier warned that the Russian women would face death penalty, noting that most of them had denied their charges.
He pointed out that there were children, less than three years of age, who were kept in jail along with their mothers.
On April 17, the Supreme Judicial Council of Iraq announced in a statement that the Central Criminal Court had sentenced three Azerbaijani women and a female Kyrgyz citizen to death over affiliation to Daesh terror outfit.
The court also handed life sentences to two Russian nationals and one woman from France. PressTV-Iraqi strike kills Daesh second-in-command in Syria Iraqi fighter jets have killed Daesh second-in-command during an airstrike inside the Syrian territory.
On April 2, the Central Criminal Court sentenced six Turkish women to death and handed down a life term to another.
The women, all accompanied by small children, told the court they had entered Iraq to join their husbands, who were fighting within the ranks of the terror outfit.
In January, Iraqi judicial officials sentenced a German citizen of Moroccan origin to death by hanging in accordance with Anti-Terrorism Law.
Abdul Sattar al-Biraqdar, the spokesman for Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council, said the woman, whose identity was not disclosed, had confessed during investigations that she traveled from Germany to Syria and then to Iraq, because she had a strong belief in Daesh.
The German citizen was accompanied with her two daughters, who later married members of Daesh terrorist group.
Iraq has detained at least 560 women, as well as 600 children, identified as Takfiris or relatives of Daesh terrorists.
Experts estimate that a total of 20,000 people are being held in jail in Iraq for alleged membership of Daesh. The Baghdad government has not released an official figure as yet.
Poster Comment:
[justice for all] They don't look that bright to work as spies, the reason is they lack knowledge of true Islam and became patsy by marrying Daesh members to kill innocent Muslims, Christians, Izadi Kurds, the list goes on......these women along with their low life husbands committed horrific crime in Iraq and Syria and now they are in Afghanistan, the same pattern of behaviour was seen with MKO leader in Iraq who had all women divorce their husband and married to Masoud Rajavi whom is in hell now. All these women must be punished and what Iraq is doing will become an example for others to follow.
question> Ashraf...` spies can not be in large group and giving birth to children from criminal Daesh, they are low life women who just felt happy with having food and some children to be wife of some one with zero knowledge of true Islam that promotes peace.
[peace for all] peace for all> Syrian... they entered the cult of Daesh with absolute wrong information.
[Soul Examples needs to be set; so that people can see what can happen to them when you go for those barbaric adventures. However I do believe that the children should be taken away from them and should be given a chance to live a good, peaceful and honest life by giving them proper care and education. Knowing that their mothers are not mentally(terrorism syndrome) fit to raise them.