The Islamic State Caliphate at Al Hol Camp, Kurdistan
"According to the investigation, Ms.Chouay allegedly travelled to Syria and Iraq to join the Islamic State terrorist group.""In Syria, it is alleged she participated in terrorist activities in the name of the Islamic State.""We have taken extensive measures to ensure they [the woman's two children] receive the proper support; at this point they are in the care of the CIUSSS (regional health board) and also the family has been solicited to take part in the response to ensure they get the best support possible."RCMP Inspector David Beaudoin
On September 8th, two SDF members were killed in engagements with ISIS fighters in the camp during the operation.
"ISIS preys on the weak and disenfranchised and is trying to exploit
the conditions in the camp to help regenerate its forces," said General
Michael "Erik" Kurilla, commander of U.S. Central Command. “The
situation in al-Hol is an international crisis that requires an
international solution, and the only permanent solution is the
repatriation, rehabilitation, and reintegration of camp residents."
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| A general view of al-Hol displacement camp in Hasakah governorate, Syria, April 2, 2019. |
The arrest, explained Inspector Beaudoin, resulted from an investigation by the force's integrated National Security Enforcement Team, ongoing since November of 2014. In November 2017 Chouay was identified as a member of Islamic State by the Syrian Democratic Forces and taken into custody, installed in in the Al Hol prison camp set up to contain family members of Islamic State terrorists. The male terrorist members of Islamic State were also taken prisoner but installed in a separate prison camp.
Both camps became hotbeds of Islamic State fundamentalist agitation. In the women's camp a hierarchy of committed Islamist females gained control of the camp to enact the same kinds of strict Sharia law and adherence to the concept of an Islamist caliphate that had prevailed before the Islamic State group had been ousted from the large swaths of territory they occupied in Iraq and Syria that they named the Islamic State Caliphate. In the women's camp, any women not completely committed to Islamic State were murdered by the unofficial and lethal camp controllers.
It is entirely likely that Oumaima Chouay, now back in Canada and under arrest, was one of those ISIL enforcers, with blood on her hands. The fact that she is a mother of two young children, both born in Syria, possibly in Raqqa which had become the ISIL Caliphate headquarters, saw some kind of empathy in her direction from outside sources. Concern for the welfare of the children, their well-being in the squalid, dangerous camp.
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| An image obtained from the media office of the Kurdish People's Protection Units in Syria (YPG) March 29, 2021 shows YPG forces conducting a security operation the previous day at the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp. |
The camp was operated for all those years by members of the Syrian Democratic Forces comprised for the most part of Kurds the only Syrian fighters that committed themselves to the overthrow and detainment of Islamic State terrorists, and supported by the U.S. military. Kurdistan had neither the manpower nor the resources to continue holding the Roj camp prisoners. They repeatedly appealed to the outside world to repatriate their citizens, since the camp held European, North American and Australian nationals as well as those from Syria and Iraq.
The Government of Canada finally heeded the appeal and made arrangements to repatriate Chouay, 27, from Quebec, and another Canadian, from British Columbia, Kimberly Polman. Polman spoke of mistreatment by Islamic State, of her disappointment and fears. Charges have not been laid against Polman and she has been given bail. Not so for Chouay, who has been charged with leaving Canada to participate in the activity of a terrorist group, participation in the activity of a terrorist group, providing property or services for terrorism purposes, and conspiracy to participate in the activity of a terrorist group.
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Canada's federal police force thanked the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (Kurdistan) for "its cooperation and recognizes its efforts in providing care for the detained individuals under an extremely difficult security situation and adverse circumstances".
“The security situation in the camp is alarming with the reported killings of 40 adults and two children since the start of the year, 16 of them during March alone."“With nearly 40,000 Syrian and foreign children living in Al-Hol camp, UNICEF calls upon the authorities in charge of the camp to secure the safety of children and all residents in the camp."“This recent increase in violence in the camp highlights the urgent need for longer term solutions for children in al-Hol. Syrian children should be safely reintegrated into their local communities and foreign children should be repatriated to their countries of origin in a safe and dignified way."UNICEF
Labels: Al Hol Camp, Islamic State, Kurdistan, Prisoners, Repatriation, Women and Children
posted by Pieface @ Friday, October 28, 2022
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