Kurds rescue Swedish teen from ISIS-held territory in northern Iraq
By Don Melvin, CNN

(CNN)Kurdish forces have rescued a 16-year-old Swedish girl from ISIS in northern Iraq, according to regional Kurdish authorities.

Kurdish special forces came to the aid of the girl, named Marlin Stivani Nivarlain, near the ISIS-held city of Mosul on Wednesday, said a statement by the Kurdistan Region Security Council.

The statement did not say how long ISIS had held the girl.

Full story: http://us.cnn.com/2016/02/23/middleeast/swedish-teen-freed-from-isis/index.html


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She was there of her own free will, let her suffer the consequences of her actions, more than 150 Swedes have gone to fight for IS.

Have to say the Kurds are impressive.

Have to say the Kurds are impressive.

Yes, and given what they've been up against, the Kurds deserve their own state. Like Israel.

http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/182042/kurdish-independence

The international community too is moving slowly but surely toward accepting the reality of an independent Kurdish state.

Have to say the Kurds are impressive.

Maybe but in this instance perhaps misguided.

The person "rescued" was where she was of her own free will.