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leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 03:31 PM Feb 2016

Isis in Mosul: Brutal metal instrument used to clip women's flesh

People in Mosul call it “the Biter” or “Clipper” – a metal instrument newly introduced by Isis officials to punish women whose clothes they claim do not completely conceal their body. A former school director, who fled from the city earlier this month, describes the tool as causing agonising pain by clipping off pieces of flesh.

Fatima, a 22-year-old house-wife who does not want to give her full name, said she had finally escaped from Mosul after several failed attempts because her children were starving and Isis had become more violent and sadistic compared with a year ago, especially towards women.

“The Biter has become a nightmare for us,” Fatima said after reaching safety in Mabrouka Camp for displaced people near Ras al-Ayn in Kurdish-controlled north-east Syria. “My sister was punished so harshly last month because she had forgotten her gloves and left them at home.”

Isis insists that women be fully veiled, wear loose or baggy trousers, socks and gloves, and be accompanied by a male relative whenever they step outside their homes.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-in-mosul-iraq-caliphate-brutal-metal-instrument-used-to-clip-womens-flesh-a6893876.html


My heart breaks for the women in Mosul and everywhere else isis is in control. Fucking barbarians.

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Isis in Mosul: Brutal metal instrument used to clip women's flesh (Original Post) leftynyc Feb 2016 OP
K & R for exposure. nt SunSeeker Feb 2016 #1
Makes me sick to my stomach. iandhr Feb 2016 #2
oh, yes, let's hear of every single barbaric act RussBLib Feb 2016 #3
This is kind of funny coming from somebody with a no religion gif LOL snooper2 Feb 2016 #4
Did you not read the article? leftynyc Feb 2016 #6
You oppose US entry into WWII against the Nazis, too, I suppose? nt MH1 Feb 2016 #10
I prefer my brutal metal instruments look more like this: Lizzie Poppet Feb 2016 #5
Sounds like propaganda to me... catnhatnh Feb 2016 #7
Are you seriously claiming leftynyc Feb 2016 #8
Yeah. Claims like this one and that ISIS is burning people alive in cages, Nye Bevan Feb 2016 #9

RussBLib

(9,019 posts)
3. oh, yes, let's hear of every single barbaric act
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 03:55 PM
Feb 2016

So that we can become immune to it, so when our guys do it, it won't seem quite so bad.

Or, when we finally do drop the big one over there, we will feel......justified.

 

snooper2

(30,151 posts)
4. This is kind of funny coming from somebody with a no religion gif LOL
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 03:59 PM
Feb 2016

I don't know about dropping the big one..won't happen under Obama...

But if all the ISIS fuckers and their supporters happened to all be in the same area alone-

Sure, a couple megatons should do it. They are a waste of space/air/food/water/etc

 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
6. Did you not read the article?
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 04:07 PM
Feb 2016

This is reality for ALL the women in Mosul. Would you rather we just ignore it and pretend this isn't happening? I mean, we wouldn't want you to feel icky or anything, would we?

 

Lizzie Poppet

(10,164 posts)
5. I prefer my brutal metal instruments look more like this:
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 03:59 PM
Feb 2016


ISIS must be eradicated from any position of power over others, period.
 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
8. Are you seriously claiming
Fri Feb 26, 2016, 01:06 PM
Feb 2016

that women living under isis are LYING about what's happening. That it's joyous and free and the women can do whatever they want, whenever they want? Or are you using more deflection bullshit?

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)
9. Yeah. Claims like this one and that ISIS is burning people alive in cages,
Fri Feb 26, 2016, 01:08 PM
Feb 2016

beheading people, and drowning people in swimming pools, are simply not credible.

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