Yezidi Kurds struggle to locate loved ones in mass graves

[Sally]

The Yazidis who were not harming anyone have gone through so much.


Yezidi Kurds struggle to locate loved ones in mass graves
By Rudaw 3/3/2015

Yazidis on Mount Shingal


DUHOK, Kurdistan Region - When Islamic State militants launched an assault last July on Kurdish Yezidi villages in northern Iraq, many residents took refuge on slopes of nearby Mount Shingal.
Others were not so lucky.

Those who left behind fell into the brutal hands of the jihadists. Survivors have described horrific scenes of Yezidi Kurds mercilessly lined up and murdered, then buried in the mass graves. The extent of the suffering is still unknown.

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Yezidi Kurds struggle to locate loved ones in mass graves

 

[Mr. H.]

That's gotta suck.

 

[Sunni Man]

Yezidi Kurds struggle to locate loved ones in mass graves
By Rudaw 3/3/2015

Yazidis on Mount Shingal


DUHOK, Kurdistan Region - When Islamic State militants launched an assault last July on Kurdish Yezidi villages in northern Iraq, many residents took refuge on slopes of nearby Mount Shingal.
Others were not so lucky.

Those who left behind fell into the brutal hands of the jihadists. Survivors have described horrific scenes of Yezidi Kurds mercilessly lined up and murdered, then buried in the mass graves. The extent of the suffering is still unknown.

Continue reading at:

Yezidi Kurds struggle to locate loved ones in mass graves

Oh my!! .....

 

[Roudy]

Yezidi Kurds struggle to locate loved ones in mass graves
By Rudaw 3/3/2015

Yazidis on Mount Shingal


DUHOK, Kurdistan Region - When Islamic State militants launched an assault last July on Kurdish Yezidi villages in northern Iraq, many residents took refuge on slopes of nearby Mount Shingal.
Others were not so lucky.

Those who left behind fell into the brutal hands of the jihadists. Survivors have described horrific scenes of Yezidi Kurds mercilessly lined up and murdered, then buried in the mass graves. The extent of the suffering is still unknown.

Continue reading at:

Yezidi Kurds struggle to locate loved ones in mass graves

Oh my!! .....

A Muslim who mocks innocent people being slaughtered and placed in mass graves in the name of Mohammad?

Islam, where brain cells go to die.

 

[waltky]

In areas previously held by the Islamic State...

More than 50 Islamic State mass graves found in Iraq
May 7, 2016 -- A United Nations envoy reported that dozens of graves have been found throughout Iraq in areas previously held by the Islamic State.

Jan Kubis, special representative of the U.N. Secretary-General for Iraq, told the U.N. Security Council that more than 50 graves had been found throughout the country. "As territory is retaken from the criminal and terrorist gangs of Daesh, evidence of the heinous crimes they have committed continues to be uncovered," said Kubis, referring to the group commonly known as the Islamic State. It is also known as ISIS and ISIL.

A similar discovery was made in April, when the Syrian military found a mass burial site with about 40 bodies -- many women and children -- outside the former IS stronghold of Palmyra. Kubis said the IS is still "a formidable and determined enemy" despite consistent progress being made against the group.

He also condemned the mass killings the group has performed with mass graves being discovered near Sinjar in northern Iraq, near Anbar in western Iraq and in Tikrit in northern Iraq. "I condemn in the strongest possible terms the continued killings, kidnapping, rape and torture of Iraqis by [the IS], which may constitute crimes against humanity, war crimes and even genocide," he said.

More than 50 Islamic State mass graves found in Iraq