Heads of Iraqi Policemen And Soldiers Line Streets Of Mosul, Brutal Sharia Imposed

Iraq: Central Front

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Islam in action. Beheading — Islamic ritual slaughter. And sharia — brutal and barbaric Islamic law is being imposed.
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The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shams (Isis) has imposed a strict set of Sharia laws on the citizens of Nineveh province just days after capturing the provincial capital of Mosul. In a document circulating on social media attributed to the group, Isis warned tribal leaders and sheikhs not to “work with [the Iraqi] government and be traitors” while proclaiming that women should only go outside if absolutely necessary.
“For women, dress decently and wear wide clothes. Only go out if needed,” read the document as translated by Al Aan TV reporter Jenan Moussa.

Sharia.
Further rules included bans on drugs, alcohol and cigarettes, while public gatherings, the possession of guns and the carrying of flags not of the Islamic state were outlawed.

“The battle for Baghdad is nigh: Thousands of men answer Iraqi government’s call to arms as ISIS jihadists bear down on capital,” Daily Mail, June 12, 2014
Iraq’s government has indicated a willingness for the US military to conduct airstrikes against radical Islamist militants
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant have taken over Iraq’s second biggest city Mosul and town of Tikrit
Government forces have stalled the militants’ advance near Samarra, a city just 110km (68 miles) north of Baghdad
ISIS’s goal is to create a Islamic caliphate (state) – it already controls territory in eastern Syria and western/central Iraq
Iraq’s parliament were to hold an emergency session today but it was postponed due to a opposition boycott
Kurdish forces are in full control of Iraq’s oil city of Kirkuk after the federal army abandoned their posts
Iran has sent special forces and a unit of elite troops to Iraq to assist the Iraqi government halt the advance
Turkey is negotiating for the release of 80 nationals held by Islamist militants in Mosul
Iraqi air force is bombing insurgent positions in and around Mosul – 1.3 million citizens still remain in the city
Oil price hit a three-year high this morning on worries that supply could be disrupted
Thousands of Iraqis young and old have answered the beleaguered Shia-led government’s call to arms and signed up to protect the capital, and country, from ISIS militants.
As jihadists from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant march on Baghdad after capturing swathes of northern Iraq male supporters of the government turned out in droves today to enlist and fight back.
The militants have already seized control of Iraq’s second largest city Mosul where it is reported that roughly 30,000 soldiers fled, leaving behind tanks and firearms as just 800 fighters approached.
Less than 24 hours later the oil-rich city of Tikrit was captured by the militants, who then turned their attentions to the capital as it pushes ahead with its aim to overthrow the western-backed government as part of its goal to create an Islamic emirate spanning both sides of the Iraq-Syria border.
But so far government forces have stalled the militants’ remarkably rapid advance near Samarra, a city just 110km (68 miles) north of Baghdad and they are now bombing insurgent positions in and around Mosul – although 500,000 residents have fled, 1.3 million citizens remain in the city.
Meanwhile Iraqi Kurds seized control of the major northern oil city of Kirkuk today as the central government’s army abandoned its posts in a rapid collapse that has lost it control of the north.

The fight to save Iraq’s capital from the advancing Al Qaeda-inspired militants is underway today after the government pleaded with Iraqis to sign up and help battle insurgents

Thousands of men of all ages turned up today at an army recruiting center in the city to volunteer for military service in a bid to stop the Baghdad falling to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Volunteers who have joined the Iraqi army to fight against the predominantly Sunni militants, travel in an army truck, in Baghdad

An Iraqi soldier flashes a V for victory sign (left) while Iraqi men gather outside of the main army recruiting center to volunteer for military service (right)

The body an Iraqi policeman is shown in the northern Iraqi city of Samarra. The death toll from the fighting is not yet clear – there have been reports soldiers have been handing their weapons and tanks over to the militants in exchange for their lives

A member of the Iraqi security forces lies dead beside a vehicle in Tikrit, which was overran by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on Wednesday

In a bid to fight back against ISIS, Iraqi air force bombed insurgent positions in and around the northern city of Mosul – half a million people so far have fled from their homes, but 1.3 million people still remain.

While the US today avoided directly answering whether they will supply military support, Britain has made it clear they are not contemplating involvement and instead offered humanitarian support.
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US Rear Admiral John Kirby said: ‘Our focus continues to be helping Iraq with their counter-terrorism efforts. And we’ve been doing a lot of that since American troops left Iraq.
This afternoon UK Foreign Secretary William Hague ruled out military intervention and said it was up to Iraq’s leadership to deal with the deteriorating military situation. Both countries led the military effort that toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hosyhar Zebari acknowledged the security forces which Washington invested billions in training and equipping before withdrawing its own troops in 2011, had simply melted away, while Russia said the lightning gains by ISIS showed the pointlessness of the 2003 US-led invasion.

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An explosion as militants of ISIS allegedly seize an Iraqi army checkpoint in the northern Iraqi province of Salahuddin

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ISIS take position on a Mosul street. Today Iraqi air force bombed insurgent positions in and around the northern city

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Less than 24 hours later the oil-rich city of Tikrit was captured by the militants, who then turned their attentions to the capital as it pushes ahead with its aim to overthrow the western-backed government as part of its goal to create an Islamic emirate spanning both sides of the Iraq-Syria border

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ISIS fire heavy machine guns during fighting in the northern Iraqi city of Samarra – today the Islamic State has issued a triumphalist statement declaring that it would start implementing its strict version of Shariah law in Mosul and other regions it had overrun

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Dozens of members of a police special forces battalion were paraded before a crowd in the Iraqi city of Tikrit on Thursday after they were captured by fighters who overran their base. Militants have set up military councils to run the towns they captured, residents said

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Kurdistan’s Peshmerga soldiers secure an area in Kirkuk city – the move was a victory for them as they have fought over the land for years

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Kurdish security forces deploy outside of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk. Kurds have long dreamed of taking Kirkuk, a city with huge oil reserves just outside their autonomous region, which they regard as their historical capital
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