Here are people whom no doubt we had never heard about before because they probably were just living quietly, minding their own business, and now they don't seem to have a chance against these savages.
Islamic State advances against Yadizis on Iraq's Sinjar mountain
Source: Reuters - Tue, 21 Oct 2014 16:10 GMT
Author: Reuters
A man from the minority Yazidi sect, who fled the violence in the Iraqi town of Sinjar, sits on the ground at Bajed Kadal refugee camp south west of Dohuk province August 15, 2014. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal
By Isabel Coles and Saif Sameer
ARBIL/BAGHDAD Oct 21 (Reuters) - Islamic State militants advanced on Iraq's Sinjar mountain on Tuesday, tightening a siege of thousands of stranded Yazidis, who called on the United States and its allies to act to avert more bloodshed.
The attack is the latest threat to minority Yazidis, thousands of whom have been shot, buried alive or sold into slavery by IS militants, who regard them as devil-worshippers.
The IS militants originally attacked the area around Sinjar, in northwestern Iraq, in August. A renewed assault began at dawn on Monday, when militants driving Humvees and civilian vehicles attacked several Yazidi residential compounds, forcing the Yazidi to retreat up the mountain.
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http://www.trust.org/item/20141
Islamic State advances against Yadizis on Iraq's Sinjar mountain
Source: Reuters - Tue, 21 Oct 2014 16:10 GMT
Author: Reuters
A man from the minority Yazidi sect, who fled the violence in the Iraqi town of Sinjar, sits on the ground at Bajed Kadal refugee camp south west of Dohuk province August 15, 2014. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal
By Isabel Coles and Saif Sameer
ARBIL/BAGHDAD Oct 21 (Reuters) - Islamic State militants advanced on Iraq's Sinjar mountain on Tuesday, tightening a siege of thousands of stranded Yazidis, who called on the United States and its allies to act to avert more bloodshed.
The attack is the latest threat to minority Yazidis, thousands of whom have been shot, buried alive or sold into slavery by IS militants, who regard them as devil-worshippers.
The IS militants originally attacked the area around Sinjar, in northwestern Iraq, in August. A renewed assault began at dawn on Monday, when militants driving Humvees and civilian vehicles attacked several Yazidi residential compounds, forcing the Yazidi to retreat up the mountain.
Continue reading at:
http://www.trust.org/item/20141
