Thursday, August 7, 2014

The Islamic State’s Bloody Campaign To Exterminate Minorities


The Islamic State’s Bloody Campaign To Exterminate Minorities: ‘Even Genghis Khan Didn’t Do This’ -- Washington Post

In the back of a cavernous hall, standing behind rows of solemn-looking men, an Iraqi politician known for her passion began to shriek. Her name was Vian Dakhil: the lone representative of the Yazidi people in Iraq’s parliament. And she was asking for someone, anyone, to listen. The Islamic State had just expelled thousands of her people from the northern town of Sinjar. Stranded on a barren mountain without food or water, they faced extermination.

Women, she said, were being sold as sexual slaves. Children, she said, were dying. Someone, she said, must take notice.

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My Comment: This ethnic/religious cleansing is just starting .... when the Sunni - Shiite communities start to expel each other .... in terms of numbers and sheer magnitude that is when the real disaster will unfold.

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