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Yay or nay? Iraqi SWAT lets Instagram followers vote on the fate of Daesh prisoner

The power of social media is alive and well in Iraq where Iraqi SWAT team members are letting their instagram followers vote on whether or not they should execute a Daesh prisoner.  In a nod to the gladiatorial matches at the colosseum in ancient Rome, the polling results do not look very positive for this cat…

*Update* An Iraqi contact has informed us that it was not ISWAT but rather a militia called Asaaeb which captured this Daesh fighter, and that he now sleeps with the fishes.

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The power of social media is alive and well in Iraq where Iraqi SWAT team members are letting their instagram followers vote on whether or not they should execute a Daesh prisoner.  In a nod to the gladiatorial matches at the colosseum in ancient Rome, the polling results do not look very positive for this cat…

*Update* An Iraqi contact has informed us that it was not ISWAT but rather a militia called Asaaeb which captured this Daesh fighter, and that he now sleeps with the fishes.

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Jack served as a Sniper and Team Leader in 3rd Ranger Battalion and as a Senior Weapons Sergeant on a Military Free Fall team in 5th Special Forces Group. Having left the military in 2010, he graduated from Columbia with a BA in political science. Murphy is the author of Reflexive Fire, Target Deck, Direct Action, and Gray Matter Splatter. His memoir, "Murphy's Law" is due for a 2019 release and can be pre-ordered now.

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