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ISIS Burns Its Fighters Alive For Losing Ramadi

ISIS fighters who fled the fighting in the Iraqi city of Ramadi and escaped to Mosul, have reportedly been burnt alive in the town’s square. Militant leaders burnt the fighters after they lost the key town to Iraqi troops recently. In a message of terror, they were burnt alive in full public view by their own men for seeking shelter in the group’s stronghold of Mosul, according to a Fox News source. Alalam reports: Residents claim the terrorists were set alight in the town’s main square in a terrifying message to other militants who may be forced to defend Mosul from an attack. The fighters had been driven out of Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, two weeks ago in a major setback for their aims of creating a caliphate across Iraq and Syria. ‘They were grouped together and made to stand in a circle. And set on fire to die,’ a former Iraqi resident now living in the U.S. but remains in contact with family in the town told Fox News. Other Iraqis with relatives in Mosul said defeated ISIS militants were being punished for not martyring themselves in battle. Michael Pregent, a terrorism expert and former intelligence adviser [...]