Lawfare Archive: What to Do With Detained Islamic State Fighters in Iraq and Syria
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🗓️ 30 January 2022
⏱️ 51 minutes
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From July 28, 2020: For a while, there have been large numbers of alleged former Islamic State state fighters and affiliates detained by the Iraqi government and by autonomous authorities in Syria. The fate of these detainees—and the more than 60,000 people in refugee affiliated with the men who live in refugee camps in the region—remains a pressing national security issue for countries in the region, as well as the United States and its Western allies. To talk about the situation, Jacob Schulz spoke with Bobby Chesney, Lawfare co-founder and professor of law at the University of Texas; Vera Mironova, a research fellow at Harvard and, among other things, author of a recent Lawfare post on trials of Islamic State fighters in Iraq; and Leah West, a lecturer at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University and a fellow at the McCain Institute. They talked about how the trials have gone in Iraq and Syria; how the U.S., Canada and European countries have responded to the situation; and what lessons can be drawn from U.S. experiences with post-9/11 detention and trials of suspected terrorists.
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| 0:25.6 | no bull and the aftermath. |
| 0:39.3 | I'm Katherine Pompilia with an episode from the LawFair Archive for January 30th, 2022. |
| 0:45.5 | Earlier this week, Islamic State militants attacked a president in northern Syria. |
| 0:49.7 | The prison houses approximately 3,000 suspected Islamic State fighters and almost 700 boys |
| 0:54.3 | under the age of 18. |
| 0:56.3 | The prison attack was reportedly an attempt by the Islamic State to replenish its ranks |
| 0:59.9 | with freed prisoners. |
| 1:01.7 | Despite claims by the Syrian defense forces that the forces had regained full control |
| 1:05.5 | of the prison, fighting has continued as about 90 Islamic State militants remain in the |
| 1:10.2 | complex. |
| 1:11.2 | At least 181 people have been killed since the start of the attack. |
| 1:14.9 | For today's Archive episode, I picked an episode from July 2020 in which Jacob Schultz spoke |
| 1:19.8 | with Bobby Chessney, Vira Miranova, and Leo West to discuss the fate of Islamic State |
| 1:24.6 | fighters and affiliates, detained by the Iraqi government and biotonous authorities in Syria. |
| 1:29.8 | And what lessons were drawn from US experiences with post 9-11 detention and trials of suspected |
| 1:34.9 | terrorists? |
| 1:36.9 | I'm Jacob Schultz and this is the LawFair podcast July 28th, 2020. |
| 1:41.9 | For a while, there have been large numbers of alleged former Islamic State fighters and |
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