US to grill IS leader's wife on hostages
(MENAFN- Arab News) WASHINGTON: The captured wife of a senior Islamic State leader who was killed in a weekend raid will face questions over what she and her husband knew about the group's treatment of hostages including Americans US officials said.
The US government believes the leader Abu Sayyaf was involved in handling foreign hostages including Kayla Mueller an American aid worker who was killed in February US security and law enforcement officials said.
The White House said on Saturday that US military personnel based in Iraq had carried out a raid in eastern Syria aimed at capturing Abu Sayyaf and his wife known as Umm Sayyaf.
Umm Sayyaf was captured by US forces but Abu Sayyaf was killed after 'he engaged US forces' the White House said.
US commandos freed a Yazidi woman who appeared to have been 'held as a slave' by Abu Sayyaf and his wife.
US law enforcement and security officials said that Umm Sayyaf would likely be questioned by members of the High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group (HIG) an interagency unit created after President Barack Obama closed down a CIA counter-terrorism program widely criticized for its use of torture.
The US officials said they believed Abu Sayyaf had some direct interaction with Mueller and other hostages although they said his wife's role would likely have been limited.
The US government believes the leader Abu Sayyaf was involved in handling foreign hostages including Kayla Mueller an American aid worker who was killed in February US security and law enforcement officials said.
The White House said on Saturday that US military personnel based in Iraq had carried out a raid in eastern Syria aimed at capturing Abu Sayyaf and his wife known as Umm Sayyaf.
Umm Sayyaf was captured by US forces but Abu Sayyaf was killed after 'he engaged US forces' the White House said.
US commandos freed a Yazidi woman who appeared to have been 'held as a slave' by Abu Sayyaf and his wife.
US law enforcement and security officials said that Umm Sayyaf would likely be questioned by members of the High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group (HIG) an interagency unit created after President Barack Obama closed down a CIA counter-terrorism program widely criticized for its use of torture.
The US officials said they believed Abu Sayyaf had some direct interaction with Mueller and other hostages although they said his wife's role would likely have been limited.
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