"Gangs from the terrorist organization ISIS burned five women from Heet [50 km west of Ramadi] for refusing to give over their sons to the terror group," reported Sheikh Naim el-Kaoud, who is the leader of the al-Bounmar tribes of in Anbar. This was head of a group of tribes fighting the Islamic State in Iraq described the horrific punishment meted out by the terror group to women and children in the Anbar province who defied the group's orders to turn their sons over to become jihadis. Elsewhere, the Islamic State reportedly killed two women who they claimed were cooperating with Iraqi security forces in the area of al-Kaim [350 km west of Ramadi] by drowning them in the Euphrates River. on the same direction, Activists in Syria released a video showing how the Islamic State has crucified dozens of citizens for breaking the Ramadan fast. "The roads are filled with crucified men who violated the group's strict regulations during Ramadan. There are dozens of victims who remain hanged on electricity poles across the province". The Islamic State has retaken the strategic key Syrian city of Ain Issa that had been under Kurdish control. President Barack Obama said yesterday that bombing raids against the Islamic State have been stepped up but emphasized that the real defeat of the terror group will have to come from the countries that the group has invaded. He pointed to the fact that the Iraq government had been "galvanized" by the fall of Ramadi. It has been widely reported that the U.S. had significant intelligence that the Islamic State was planning to move in on Ramadi, but provided no air support to the Iraqis to stop the onslaught, instead leaving the job to the Iraqi ground troops. "The strong consensus is that in order for us to succeed long-term in this fight against [ISIS], we have to develop local security forces that can sustain progress. It is not enough for us to simply send in American troops to temporarily set back organizations like [ISIS], but then as soon as we leave see that void filled again by extremists," the president said.
