ISIS Eats Its Own, Torturing and Executing Dutch Jihadists. Or Did It?

DOUBLE THINK

Conflicting reports coming out of Syria reflect dissension in ISIS ranks. But how bad is it, really?

Published Mar. 1 2016 2:11PM EST

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AMSTERDAM — Eight Dutch jihadists with the so-called Islamic State are said to have been executed in Syria last Thursday. They were supposed members of a group of 70 Dutch ISIS recruits imprisoned by the fanatics there on accusations of dissension, according to the anti-ISIS activist group Raqqa

Nadette De Visser

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ISIS Eats Its Own, Torturing and Executing Dutch Jihadists. Or Did It?

Conflicting reports coming out of Syria reflect dissension in ISIS ranks. But how bad is it, really?

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Nadette De Visser