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ISIS Tightens Control over Town following Protest of Execution

The Islamic State (ISIS) has tightened its control over the western Iraqi town of Al-Rutbah after hundreds of residents defied the ISIS killing machine to protest the execution of a neighbor accused of killing an ISIS fighter. In addition to the arrests of seventy residents of the town, dozens of others have been tied to light poles. Al-Rutbah is located in Anbar province near the border with Jordan. The Associated Press reported that townspeople feared a mass execution was in the making when pairs of residents were lashed to street light poles, but there have been no reports that any of those tied down had been killed.