IS Detains Dozens in Iraqi Town After Rare Street Protest

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Source: Associated Press

IS Detains Dozens in Iraqi Town After Rare Street Protest

BAGHDAD — Aug 29, 2015, 10:49 AM ET
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press

Islamic State militants detained at least 70 people in a remote western Iraqi town on Saturday following a rare street demonstration protesting the extremist group's execution of a local resident, security officials said.

They said the protest by hundreds of residents in Rutbah, in Anbar province, was triggered by the execution earlier on Saturday of Munir al-Kobeisi, a civil servant, for killing a member of the extremist group. The killing was part of a long-running blood feud between two local clans.

Eid Amash, a spokesman for Anbar's provincial government, confirmed al-Kobeisi's execution and the subsequent protest. Officials said they did not know the whereabouts of the detained residents.

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1. I am in my warm bed.

and they are currently being tortured.