The Islamic State (ISIS) has killed at least 200 people from the Albu Nimr tribe, which had taken up arms against the fighters, police officers cited by news agencies said. Women and children were said to be among those executed over the past 10 days in western Iraq's Anbar province which has been largely overrun by ISIS. Accounts varied as to the number and timings of the executions in Anbar, but all sources spoke of more than 200 people murdered in recent days. Police Colonel Shaaban al-Obaidi told the AFP news agency that more than 200 people were killed, while Faleh al-Essawi, deputy head of Anbar provincial council, put the toll at 258. Canada joins campaign News of the killings came as Canada conducted air strikes on ISI2 positions in Iraq for the first time on Sunday. "Today's strike demonstrates our government's firm resolve to tackle the threat of terrorism and to stand with our allies against ISIS's atrocities against innocent women, children and men," Canadian Defence Minister Rob Nicholson said in a statement. Canada joined the anti-ISIS coalition on Thursday and conducted two days of reconnaissance before sending two CF-18s to attack jihadist positions around the city of Fallujah. Iraq is bracing for yet more violence in the coming days as hundreds of thousands of Shia prepare to travel to shrines in Karbala for a major annual pilgrimage. ISIL, a Sunni group that has seized large parts of Iraq and Syria, is expected to target Ashura pilgrims; 19 people died in attacks on Shia Muslims on Sunday. The killings are probably aimed at discouraging resistance from powerful local tribes in Anbar. ISIS also detained dozens of members of the Jubur tribe in Salaheddin province, north of Baghdad, officials and a tribal leader said.
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