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Jesus Malverde

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Sun Nov 22, 2015, 10:27 PM Nov 2015

ISIS Women and Enforcers in Syria Recount Collaboration, Anguish and Escape

Dua had only been working for two months with the Khansaa Brigade, the all-female morality police of the Islamic State, when her friends were brought to the station to be whipped.

The police had hauled in two women she had known since childhood, a mother and her teenage daughter, both distraught. Their abayas, flowing black robes, had been deemed too form-fitting.

When the mother saw Dua, she rushed over and begged her to intercede. The room felt stuffy as Dua weighed what to do.

“Their abayas really were very tight. I told her it was their own fault; they had come out wearing the wrong thing,” she said. “They were unhappy with that.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/22/world/middleeast/isis-wives-and-enforcers-in-syria-recount-collaboration-anguish-and-escape.html

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ISIS Women and Enforcers in Syria Recount Collaboration, Anguish and Escape (Original Post) Jesus Malverde Nov 2015 OP
K&r, thank you. That is well worth the read. uppityperson Nov 2015 #1
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