16 ISIS Fighters Contract HIV From Moroccan Sex Slaves, Ordered to Become Suicide Bombers
Sixteen fighters from the Islamic State terror group have reportedly contracted the HIV from two Moroccan sex slaves, and as a result have been ordered to carry out suicide bombings and sacrifice their lives.
"Most of those infected are foreign militants who had sexual intercourses with two Moroccan women. The women passed on the disease to the militants before their infection was revealed. We were ordered by the group's local leadership to transfer the infected militants to a quarantine center in the city," a Syrian doctor in the city of al-Mayadeen in the Syrian province of Deir ez-Zor, told ARA News earlier this week.
After IS leadership found out that the two Moroccan women, who have since escaped to Turkey, tested positive for AIDS, they ordered more of its fighters to carry out medical tests in order to avoid further spreading the disease.
A source in the city said that the infected jihadists will likely have to sacrifice their lives, however.
"IS leadership is planning to assign suicide attacks for its militants who are tested positive with AIDS," said a civil rights activist in al-Mayadeen, who wasn't named.
The Daily Mail noted that ISIS has experienced HIV cases before, with a report in June of an Indonesian fighter knowingly passing on the disease to a 15-year-old Yazidi sex-slave. The man, who has since been executed, also donated blood to an IS-run hospital.
Both Christians and Yazidis have been heavily targeted by the Islamic extremists, with male prisoners often beheaded, while women and young girls are forced into sexual slavery.
A major report from The New York Times last week highlighted the systematic and sexual slavery practices of IS fighters, noting that many believe that raping children and young girls is like a "prayer" that draws them closer to God.
Interviews with Yazidi victims revealed that the jihadists would pray before raping them, and attempted to justify their actions by using the Quran, the Islamic holy book.
"He told me that according to Islam he is allowed to rape an unbeliever. He said that by raping me, he is drawing closer to God," one 12-year-old girl said.
Community leaders have said that at least 3,144 Yazidis are currently being held in captivity by the terror group.
