Germany is attempting to prevent the execution of a German teenager who traveled to Iraq and joined ISIS. It would seem that this is rather unfair considering that countries like Russia are more than willing to allow the courts in Iraq to pass judgement on Russians who joined up with the terrorist organization.
The most common argument against executing her that I have heard is that 'everyone does lots of stupid stuff when they are a teenager.' While this may be true, joining a terrorist organization that has murdered tens of thousands of people clearly crosses the line of what might be called a youthful indiscretion. In the meantime, countries like Sweden are apparently welcoming back ISIS fighters who escaped Iraq, regardless of what heinous crimes they might have committed, and even going so far as to give them new identities.
Is the European preference towards leniency appropriate in these cases? Or should justice be carried out by the government in the area where ISIS carried out its brutal reign for several years? If Linda Wenzel isn't executed, I can imagine her becoming a 'hero' to some people someday, to the type of people who will rewrite history to make ISIS the freedom fighter good guys who pushed back against western imperialism. We shouldn't pity or romanticize such figures.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...-a7931866.htmlGerman authorities are fighting to stop a teenager who joined Isis from being sentenced to death by Iraqi prosecutors.
Linda Wenzel, who was captured in Mosul in July, was charged alongside three of her countrywomen.
Under Iraqi law, the 16-year-old could be sentenced to death, although authorities would have to wait until she was 22 before she was executed.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017...-first-ruling/Iraq has sentenced to death by hanging a Russian who fought for Islamic State in Mosul, in the first such ruling on a foreign fighter and one which could set a precedent.
The man admitted to being a member of the jihadist group and “carrying out terrorist operations” against Iraqi security forces since 2015, according to a statement released by Baghdad's central criminal court.
He was charged under the country’s anti-terrorism laws, which provides for death by hanging or firing squad.
http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/20...new-identitiesAn investigation by the Swedish newspaper Expressen found that 150 ISIS terrorists are being protected by the Swedish government so that locals don't find out that they were jihadists.