BAGHDAD, Iraq — A court in the Iraqi capital on Sunday sentenced to death a Turkish woman and 11 other foreign widows to life in jail for belonging to the Islamic State (ISIS) group. I stayed at home the whole time.”Only the woman condemned to death, speaking through an interpreter, acknowledged that she willingly traveled to Iraq with her husband and their children. The state-appointed defense lawyers argued that the women had all been duped into coming to Iraq and were not involved in any acts of violence. A judicial source said the sentencing of the women by a three-judge panel had followed weeks or even months of questioning. A total of 509 foreign women, including 300 Turks, are being held in Iraq with 813 children, according to a security source.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 18, 2018 23:15 UTC