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   From: water-birds@sea.somewhere.org.ir   
      
   On 15/04/2017 16:16, Ned Latham wrote:   
   > Paul Pot wrote:   
   >> burfordTjustice submitted this idea :   
   >>>   
   >>> ISIS Cuts Ear Off 33 Jihadists After They Refuse To Fight In Mosul???   
   >>>   
   >>> ISIS running low on cannon fodder, they normally kill them.   
   >>>   
   >>> ISIS is now cutting the ears off fighters who try and flee from   
   >>> battle, it is reported.   
   >>>   
   >>> The terror group removed one ear from 33 soldiers caught fleeing the   
   >>> battle in Mosul, their last stronghold in Iraq, a source told   
   >>> Alsumaria News.   
   >>>   
   >>> The men had been imprisoned before the punishment was carried out,   
   >>> and were told the other ear would be removed if they tried to flee a   
   >>> second time.   
   >>>   
   >>> Typically deserters from the extremist group are executed, but the   
   >>> source said the terrorists are having to opt for less extreme   
   >>> punishments because they are running out of fighters.   
   >>>   
   >>> ISIS once controlled around 40 per cent of Iraq, but that has now   
   >>> been whittled down to just 7 per cent, according to joint operations   
   >>> commander Brigadier General Yahya Rasool.   
   >>   
   >> It's extremely dispropotionate the number of times the number *33*   
   >> appears in news articles!   
   >   
   > Mmmm, yes. It *is* a bit odd.   
      
   You were expecting it to be even?   
      
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