Victim or threat? Iraq has plan for ISIS fighters’ wives, children
Their fathers and husbands belonged to one of the most brutal militant forces on the planet, yet they have committed no known crime. After months of debate, Iraqi authorities have assembled a plan to deal with captured foreign ISIS wives and children of the crumbled caliphate, in what they hope balances security concerns with international […]Hollie McKay and Steven Nabil write for Fox News:
Their fathers and husbands belonged to one of the most brutal militant forces on the planet, yet they have committed no known crime.
After months of debate, Iraqi authorities have assembled a plan to deal with captured foreign ISIS wives and children of the crumbled caliphate, in what they hope balances security concerns with international law and due process.
“We are holding 500 wives of ISIS – all foreigners – and their children, which makes 1,500 total,” Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, the Iraqi Minister for Labor and Social Affairs, who presides over childcare issues, told Fox News. “And some of the ISIS wives are pregnant.”