ISIS released a video parading Peshmerga soldiers in cages down the streets in Iraq. The Peshmerga soldiers are Kurdish Muslims.
ISIS has paraded a number of prisoners, supposedly Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, in cages and orange jumpsuits similar to those worn by Jordanian fighter pilot Muath al-Kaseasbeh, whom the group subsequently burned alive.
Tweets emerged Friday morning circulating the photos and claiming that the parade took place in Kirkuk, Iraq. Several of the tweets suggest that the prisoners will face a fiery death. The tweets have yet to be confirmed, and could be part of a to-and-fro between ISIS and the Peshmerga army that’s playing out on social media.
These seventeen Kurdish Peshmerga soldiers are expected to be burned alive, like the Jordanian pilot. Why? Because ISIS considers these soliders ‘apostates’ to Islam.
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ISIS fighters have been facing off with Peshmerga soldiers in a series of battles, as both sides vie for control of the city of Kirkuk, which lies between ISIS-controlled territory and Kurdish-controlled areas in northern and northeastern Iraq. As well as running skirmishes, the two sides have been trolling each other online, with Peshmerga fighters posting graphic pictures of slain ISIS fighters and their trolling of ISIS forces from within their fortified positions. One video shows their soldiers taunting ISIS with music (one of the many vices the Islamic State forbids) from within a base, honking toy trumpets over the walls.