(Associated Press)MOSUL, Iraq — For one Iraqi lieutenant, the fight against the Islamic State group in Mosul has been a slow, methodical quest for revenge. That sort of thirst for vengeance in the wake of military victories is fueling extrajudicial killings of suspected IS members at the hands of Iraqi security forces in and around Mosul. Gen. Tahseen Ibrahim, said that authorities “have not registered any incident of revenge killing, whether carried out by security forces or residents. He agreed to share his story with the AP because he wanted to show how personal the fight is for Iraqi troops. As Iraqi forces advanced toward the lieutenant’s village last year in the lead-up to Mosul, he began interrogating captured IS suspects.

Source: Washington Post July 19, 2017 06:11 UTC