Opinion by David Ignatius: The battle against ISIS, yesterday’s war, still smolders — and could erupt
“This camp is like a time bomb,” Ahmed told the visiting Americans. “We don’t know when it’s going to explode.”
“The world needs to know what’s going on here,” Kurilla told me after we left the camp. He said the U.S. military is already working to improve security at the camp. He also wants to help the State Department organize an international response that would return families of Islamic State foreign fighters to their home countries — and take some of the burden from the SDF militia.
there four months ago by several thousand captives, assisted by fighters outside, that left hundreds dead. The eyewitness description was provided by local SDF commanders and U.S. Special Operations advisers who fought in the bloody battle.The Centcom commander heard the narrative as he gazed from a rooftop at the prison blocks below. The U.S. and Syrian officers explained that on Jan.
“That’s an ISIS army in detention,” Kurilla said as he gazed at the prison complex 100 yards away. The spasm of violence by the escapees, including the beheadings and what a U.S. Special Operations adviser here said were other horrific mutilations, is a reminder of what Islamic State fighters might do outside captivity.
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