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ISIS releases some Christian hostages - but why?
3/2/15
(CNN) Igniting a live man in a cage; severing the heads of dozens; kidnapping, raping and selling women and children - ISIS 'shocking maltreatment of its captives has become regrettably predictable.
But that has made their latest decision on the fate of 19 Christian prisoners all the more surprising to some. On Sunday, ISIS released them.
Ten other Assyrian Christians are expected to join them in freedom after a short time in captivity.
All but one of the Christians released were part of a group of 220 Assyrians captured last week during offensives on northern Syrian villages, said the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
In the shadow of its sadistic mercilessness, the sudden reversal leaves many asking: Why?
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The group has not explained its decision. Here are some possible answers.
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