Ayatollah Sistani urged government to liberate ISIL-held town of al-Baghdadi

Rasa - In his message issued by his representative Grand Ayatollah Sistani urged governmental organizations to help liberated the western Iraqi town of al-Baghdadi.

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Date: 22 February 2015 - 00:46

RNA - In a message issued by the representative of Iraq’s most influential Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Sistani on Friday, the senior cleric called for the liberation of the western town of al-Baghdadi which is currently ruled by the ISIL Takfiri militants.

Ayatollah Sistani’s remarks came days after the ISIL terrorists executed 150 civilians, including 45 people who were torched to death in the town last Tuesday.

The killings come days after Iraqi security forces retook from the ISIL militants the center of al-Baghdadi.

The town which is located near the Ain al-Asad air base was under siege for months and captured by ISIL last week.

Ayatollah Sistani in his message urged the governmental organizations “especially security organizations” to help liberate the town.

Earlier this month, ISIL drew worldwide condemnation after it released a video showing militants burning Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kassasbeh alive. They further published a video last week showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians in Libya.

The ISIL terrorists currently control parts of Iraq and Syria. The extremists have been carrying out horrific acts of violence, including public decapitations, against all Iraqi communities such as Shias, Sunnis, Kurds and Christians.

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