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Via Daily Mail
Shocking video emerged today showing armed militant children – some no older than eight – proudly overseeing the execution of a prisoner in cold blood as jihadi fighters continue their ruthless drive to topple Iraq.
Footage shows a man surrounded by a baying mob of masked insurgents reportedly in the city of Mosul which was taken by ISIS militants last week.
Among the separatists, a number of children are seen brandishing automatic weapons as they watch on unmoved just a few feet away.
The prisoner is then made to kneel on the ground before being shot in the back of the head, prompting cheers from the crowd.
As battles raged in Baqubah, less than an hour’s drive from Baghdad, there were reports that more than 44 detainees were slaughtered by Shia prison guards as the Sunni militants attacked a police station in the city.
Fighting in the provincial capital also shut the main oil refinery, starving parts of the country of fuel and power.
Meanwhile, British Foreign Secretary William Hague today announced that Britain’s embassy in Iran will be reopened as the West looks to Tehran to help ease the crisis.
Interestingly, the crisis has also brought a warming of relations between longtime enemies the U.S. and Iran as they also seek to put their differences aside in an effort to combat the escalating insurgency.
Emergence of the video is the latest disturbing chapter of the uprising which has seen children on both sides of the violent insurgency taking up arms in the battle for Baghdad.
The video was uploaded on YouTube with the chilling message: ‘Brutal sectarian war has come again to Iraq and many say it’s as bad as in the dark days of 2007.
‘As the Sunni fighters push toward Baghdad, they are turning to extremists for help, some of them linked with the Al Qaeda affiliate often known by its Arabic acronym, pronounced “Daash”.’
Daash is the acronym for Dulat al-Islam fi al-Iraq wal-Sham or the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (also known as ISIS).
In heavy fighting overnight, government forces said they repelled an attempt by ISIS to seize Baquba, the capital of Diyala province 50 miles north of Baghdad.
Officials confirmed that the nearby Baiji oil refinery had shut down as a result of the clashes and that foreign workers were evacuated, although they said government troops still held the vast compound.
With the refinery shut, Iraq will have a harder time generating electricity and pumping water to sustain its cities in summer.
Iraqi police officials also said at least 44 detainees died as Sunni militants attacked a police station northeast of Baghdad and fought with pro-government Shiite militiamen defending the lockup.