Baghdad sentences women who were part of I SIS

Bouttuto, 29, is accused of being a member of the Islamic State IS. She was heard at the Court whispering in her native language to other members charged as members of I SIS that “life had become unbearable”

I'm going crazy here,” told Bouttuto, a little woman with a clumsy look. “I'm facing a death sentence or life imprisonment. Nobody tells me anything, Ambassador no, people in prison don't. ” The guards got closer as Bouttuto continued. So did its indictees all from Central Asia or Turkey, who had lost all men and, in some cases, their children fell to Iraq last year.

“Don't let them take my daughter”, she begged. I'm willing to offer you money if you can contact my parents. Please get me out of here “, she said before the court.

With so much short talk, Bouttutos turned into a corner, waiting for the judge in the neighbouring room to call him. There were no French officials present, and nothing to tie her to her previous life in Leelle.

If convicted of joining the terrorist group, she faces life in a central Baghdad prison, or her death penalty hanging. All 15 women in court last week have been war widows who eventually removed Isis from much of Iraq, killing tens of thousands of members and replacing promises of an Islamic utopia with a devastating loss.

The women here, in some cases, voluntarily joined the group, traveling only from Europe and Central Asia, or their partners, for what they believed was a promised land. More than 40,000 foreigners from 110 countries are estimated to have travelled to Iraq and Syria to join the jihadist group.

Of them, about 1900 are believed to have been French citizens, and about 800 were British. Bouttuato arrived in Iraq in 2014 with her husband, Mohammed Nassreddine, and two children. He was killed in Mosul in 2016, as was her son, Abdullah, a year later, reports The Guardian”.