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LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: The rise of terrorist group Islamic State and its capture of territory across Iraq and Syria has been accompanied by some of the most barbaric war crimes of the modern era.
Australians are involved in the atrocities, most notoriously Khaled Sharrouf and his friend Mohammed Elomar.
You might remember that appalling photo of Sharrouf, proudly allowing his seven-year-old son to hold a severed head.
We've heard a lot about beheadings, mass killings and kidnappings, but we've not heard in detail about the plight of women and children captured by the jihadists.
Last week, the ABC's Middle East correspondent Matt Brown and cameraman Mat Marsic made a difficult journey to northern Iraq. There, they met four women who wanted to tell their stories of being bought as slaves and then abused by the two Australian jihadis.
Here's the exclusive report.
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Australian Islamic State fighters accused of enslaving Yazidi women - 22 01 2015
Australians are involved in the atrocities, most notoriously Khaled Sharrouf and his friend Mohammed Elomar.
You might remember that appalling photo of Sharrouf, proudly allowing his seven-year-old son to hold a severed head.
We've heard a lot about beheadings, mass killings and kidnappings, but we've not heard in detail about the plight of women and children captured by the jihadists.
Last week, the ABC's Middle East correspondent Matt Brown and cameraman Mat Marsic made a difficult journey to northern Iraq. There, they met four women who wanted to tell their stories of being bought as slaves and then abused by the two Australian jihadis.
Here's the exclusive report.
TRANSCRIPT/AUDIO
Australian Islamic State fighters accused of enslaving Yazidi women - 22 01 2015