Posted on Nov 10, 2015
Were You Aware That ISIS Rounded Up About 50 Facebook Activists in Mosul for Posting Pictures?
3.45K
6
5
1
1
0
It's hard to fathom that these 50 or so young men will face torture and possibly death on the international stage for their postings on FaceBook, something most of the world tends to take for granted...
Dozens of young men have been rounded up by ISIS for posting pictures and videos online about life in Mosul under the militants, Iraqi officials said Tuesday.
Lawmaker Abdulraheem Al-Shimary told NBC News that ISIS had blocked Internet services and wrecked communication towers after seizing control of the city in June 2014.
"Some young men were able to restore the Internet services, without knowing that ISIS had the ability to know that," he told NBC News. "Those young men started to use Internet and shared many pictures, videos and news on their Facebook pages .... ISIS were able to track those young men and arrested them."
Al-Shimary said that "more than 50" young men have been detained in the past two days for posting pictures of Mosul's streets, images of locations bombed by the Iraqi air force and news about ISIS fighters' deaths.
"All were taken into unknown places," he said. "We are afraid ISIS will kill them."
A senior Iraqi security official confirmed that the men were arrested in Mosul "because they were able to reconnect the city to the world."
The official — who demanded anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press — said the Facebook posts had been a "big help" to Iraq's government a "clear picture" about the situation in Mosul.
Dozens of young men have been rounded up by ISIS for posting pictures and videos online about life in Mosul under the militants, Iraqi officials said Tuesday.
Lawmaker Abdulraheem Al-Shimary told NBC News that ISIS had blocked Internet services and wrecked communication towers after seizing control of the city in June 2014.
"Some young men were able to restore the Internet services, without knowing that ISIS had the ability to know that," he told NBC News. "Those young men started to use Internet and shared many pictures, videos and news on their Facebook pages .... ISIS were able to track those young men and arrested them."
Al-Shimary said that "more than 50" young men have been detained in the past two days for posting pictures of Mosul's streets, images of locations bombed by the Iraqi air force and news about ISIS fighters' deaths.
"All were taken into unknown places," he said. "We are afraid ISIS will kill them."
A senior Iraqi security official confirmed that the men were arrested in Mosul "because they were able to reconnect the city to the world."
The official — who demanded anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press — said the Facebook posts had been a "big help" to Iraq's government a "clear picture" about the situation in Mosul.
ISIS
Mosul
Facebook
Social Media
Edited 9 y ago
Posted 9 y ago
Responses: 3
2
2
0
Barbarians.
Interesting that they will widely distribute via the internet their own misdeeds, but punish those who do so on their own. They are just morally bankrupt.
Interesting that they will widely distribute via the internet their own misdeeds, but punish those who do so on their own. They are just morally bankrupt.
(2)
(0)
2
2
0
that's just messed up , ISIS is no joke, we need a strategic approach to this situation. I'm afraid that boots on the ground will never be enough to fight them .
(2)
(0)
SCPO David Lockwood
What is needed coordinated attacks ti include boots on the ground and 24hr relentless bombing from all countries.
(0)
(0)
1SG (Join to see)
What we need to do is sever their long lines of communication and choke each ISIS stronghold with an old-fashioned siege. The many miles of surrounding desert will be their undoing. When they eventually make a break for it, the Predators will be waiting.
(0)
(0)
1
1
0
Read This Next
Continue with Facebook 
Continue with Google