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Trump urges Europe to 'take back' hundreds of captured IS fighters
Reuters ^ | 16 Feb 2019 | Nick Macfie

Posted on 02/16/2019 10:22:30 PM PST by blueplum

(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday the United States was asking European allies to “take back over 800” Islamic State fighters captured in Syria and put them on trial.

“The Caliphate is ready to fall,” he said in a Tweet. “The alternative is not a good one in that we will be forced to release them...”

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: allies; isisdefeat; justice; terrorism
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not much more to the article.

Allies need to step up and do some heavy lifting. It's always the same few while the rest whistle dixie.

1 posted on 02/16/2019 10:22:30 PM PST by blueplum
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““The alternative is not a good one in that we will be forced to release them...””

Military trial or send them to Gitmo. Why release them?


2 posted on 02/16/2019 10:26:42 PM PST by plain talk
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To: blueplum

They should release them. In the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean.


3 posted on 02/16/2019 10:27:34 PM PST by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: Eccl 10:2

Make it look like an accident.

“She sank so fast we had no time to get below and unlock the prisoners”


4 posted on 02/16/2019 10:32:55 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: plain talk
The U.S. has no business occupying Syria in the first place.

We certainly have no legal right to be arresting, detaining, or doing anything with European residents we "capture" there.

5 posted on 02/16/2019 10:34:36 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey.")
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Put them in a boat, and have an “unfortunate” boating accident.


6 posted on 02/16/2019 10:35:33 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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What does history predict?

They will release them sooner rather than later.


7 posted on 02/16/2019 10:40:55 PM PST by volunbeer (Find the truth and accept it - anything else is delusional)
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To: Alberta's Child

since they were captured after shooting at our guys, we darn sure do have the legal right to capture them and put them on trial


8 posted on 02/16/2019 10:44:40 PM PST by blueplum ( "...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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Shoot them all . Expunge their genes from the fabric of humanity , 100%


9 posted on 02/16/2019 10:46:15 PM PST by LeoWindhorse
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To: dfwgator

it was a very large whale, cap’n. A Very large whale. Swallowed the whole lifeboat right up.


10 posted on 02/16/2019 10:46:22 PM PST by blueplum ( "...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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To: LeoWindhorse
Donald J. Trump ‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump 3h3 hours ago The United States is asking Britain, France, Germany and other European allies to take back over 800 ISIS fighters that we captured in Syria and put them on trial. The Caliphate is ready to fall. The alternative is not a good one in that we will be forced to release them........ ....The U.S. does not want to watch as these ISIS fighters permeate Europe, which is where they are expected to go. We do so much, and spend so much - Time for others to step up and do the job that they are so capable of doing. We are pulling back after 100% Caliphate victory!
11 posted on 02/16/2019 10:50:22 PM PST by LeoWindhorse
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Big mistake to let these dudes live . They don’t deserve justice , they deserve death . Eradicate them entirely . Gas um , ok


12 posted on 02/16/2019 10:51:39 PM PST by LeoWindhorse
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To: blueplum
Put them on trial where? The cases would be laughed out of any U.S. courtroom.

Capturing ISIS terrorists in Syria is like having the Chinese arrest U.S. criminals in Mexico.

13 posted on 02/16/2019 10:51:55 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey.")
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We wouldn’t be sending Syrian nationals to a foreign country for trial. We’d be sending, for example, German nationals who traveled to Syria to commit atrocities back to Germany for a military trial - no laughing allowed. Or Germany can just send a firing squad over to Syria and dispatch their traitors on the spot, works either way.


14 posted on 02/16/2019 11:05:41 PM PST by blueplum ( "...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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Alligators need food too.


15 posted on 02/16/2019 11:43:35 PM PST by toddausauras (How far will the left go in terms of destroying our personal freedoms?)
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These pansies wont dare enter the invader muslim enclaves they have produced in their own countries and you want them to put captured ISIS murderers from these communities on trial? funny. good luck, there already running out the door


16 posted on 02/17/2019 3:06:09 AM PST by ronnie raygun (nic dip.com)
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Give them to the Kurds.


17 posted on 02/17/2019 3:30:19 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: LeoWindhorse

The big mistake started under Dubya in 2002 when we didn’t deal with illegal combatants on the ground in Afghanistan, and instead started shipping them to Gitmo.


18 posted on 02/17/2019 3:32:32 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Eccl 10:2

Sharks have to eat too.


19 posted on 02/17/2019 3:54:03 AM PST by EvilCapitalist (It's Ok to be white.)
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To: BenLurkin

Make it look like an accident.

“She sank so fast we had no time to get below and unlock the prisoners”


No that is historically incorrect - the ship was caught in a terrible storm and sheltered in the lee of a nearby island. After the anchor was set a very awful, powerful, really terrible strong gust of wind caused the anchor to drag and take all the prisoners chained to it overboard - it was just too fast to be halted. We all mourn their loss ...


20 posted on 02/17/2019 4:03:25 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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