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With Islamic State destroyed, what will happen to the more than 1,000 ISIS prisoners?

U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Gregory Brook

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As the fight against the Islamic State in Syria (ISIS) draws to a bloody conclusion, the question of what will happen to the ISIS prisoners of war (POWs) who were captured by the U.S.-led international coalition or its local partners becomes increasingly pressing.

During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, General Raymond Thomas, the head of the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM), said that the coalition and its partners have close to “a thousand already in detention, with more to potentially come.” General Thomas emphasized the danger that these POWs pose to American interests and the region’s stability.

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  • Daniel

    LOL!! That would be interesting.

  • Daniel

    100% agree!!

  • Alan t

    You have to be careful with that summary execution thing. It’s catchy.
    There are guys that play for the home team that don’t get to wear a uniform and the only place they have a flag tattooed is in their heart.
    Summary execution is a thing

  • Mason

    Certainly a conundrum. The reality is though, ISIS may be on it’s heels, but the next radical group is waiting in the wings. Africa, Yemen, cells throughout the world, and Al-Qaeda still on the fringes. If you can’t put these guys down (or in Guantanamo), I agree with PATRON, it isn’t like new radical leaders don’t crop up everyday. I find it disheartening that our politico’s speak as if they have defeated ISIS, maybe so, but they haven’t defeated radical strains or the radicals who will keep them alive. They are just chasing mercury, and trying to paint it that they have solved the problem because they managed to get some mercury in a bottle, while walking in a puddle of it. I guess they will argue that by letting them go, they will regroup, I find this sad and corrupt, as they let Pakistan shelter the Taliban, and played nice with Pakistani ISI for decades knowing full well bad guys were being sheltered by them. It wouldn’t be like this isn’t without precedent in US deal making and behind closed doors policy making. Better yet, let the “rendition” countries have a final say with their disposition.

  • Alan t

    I think you should sell tags and then organize hunts. You’d make a fortune.
    Turn them loose one at a time
    Half of Texas would sign up in the first hour.
    It wouldn’t be a year before some Texas roadhouse had one stuffed standing at the entryway as you come into the bar.
    To be honest, I’m surprised this sort of thing hasn’t happened already.
    Especially in the Stan.You could just take some rich hunter out and start pointing out guys in black do rags and herringbone vests for them to shoot.
    You could even have Boone and Crockett ratings based on their beard length