Islamic State kills at least 500 from Iraq's Yazidi minority

[lonewolf]

Religous madness...twisted minds. How is cold blooded murder considered to be part of a God's plan?... regardless of what God a person worships. More like the devil's work...BURYING ALIVE WOMEN AND CHILDREN?!?

THIS IS HORRIBLE!

If this is true, (all information from news sources must be questioned) the international community should join together and wipe these militants off the face of the earth.




Islamic State kills at least 500 from Iraq's Yazidi minority - Baghdad
Sun Aug 10, 2014 12:03pm GMT Print | Single Page[-] Text [+]

By Ahmed Rasheed

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Islamic State militants have killed at least 500 members of Iraq's Yazidi minority in northern Iraq, burying some of their victims alive and kidnapping hundreds of women, a Baghdad government minister said on Sunday.

The insurgents' advance through northern Iraq has forced tens of thousands to flee, threatened the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region and provoked the first U.S. air strikes in the area since Washington withdrew troops from Iraq in 2011.

Iraq's human rights minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani told Reuters that he had evidence that the Sunni militants had thrown the Yazidi dead into mass graves, adding that some of those buried alive were women and children. About 300 women had been forced into slavery, he said.

President Barack Obama said on Saturday that U.S. air strikes had destroyed arms that the Islamic State, which has captured swaths of northern Iraq since June, could have used against the Iraqi Kurds, but he warned that there was no quick fix for the crisis that threatens to tear Iraq apart.

U.S. military aircraft have also dropped relief supplies to tens of thousands of Yazidis who have collected on the desert top of Mount Sinjar seeking shelter from the insurgents, who had ordered them to convert to Islam by Sunday or die.

Sudani said news of killings had come from people who had escaped from nearby Sinjar, the ancient home of the Yazidis and one of the towns captured by the Sunni militants who view the community as "devil worshipers".

"We have striking evidence obtained from Yazidis fleeing Sinjar and some who escaped death, and also crime scene images that show indisputably that the gangs of the Islamic States have executed at least 500 Yazidis after seizing Sinjar," Sudani said. "Some of the victims, including women and children were buried alive in scattered mass graves in and around Sinjar."

Speaking before U.S. warplanes struck militant targets for the second straight day, Obama said it would take more than bombs to restore stability, and criticized Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's Shi'ite-led government for failing to empower Iraq's Sunnis. Continued...


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[My Looh]

Notice how the U.S. government could identify the crisis in northern Iraq and airlift in food, water and medical supplies in what seemed to be approx. 24 hours. However, God help you in you live in New Orleans and your house is destroyed by a hurricane because you are on your own.

I know that happened under the old boss but I doubt things would be much better under the new boss.

[lonewolf]

Notice how the U.S. government could identify the crisis in northern Iraq and airlift in food, water and medical supplies in what seemed to be approx. 24 hours. However, God help you in you live in New Orleans and your house is destroyed by a hurricane because you are on your own.

I know that happened under the old boss but I doubt things would be much better under the new boss.

That's a good point, but just like the hurricane in New Orleans, why did the government let things escalate to the point that people are being killed in great numbers before they decided to do anything? They saw the hurricane advancing, they saw the insurgents advancing.

In both cases they closed barn door after horse got out.

[RichD]

That's a good point, but just like the hurricane in New Orleans, why did the government let things escalate to the point that people are being killed in great numbers before they decided to do anything? They saw the hurricane advancing, they saw the insurgents advancing.

In both cases they closed barn door after horse got out.

i thought you prefered a policy of stay out of other peoples business?

I don't think the US can be the world police. they can't try to patch every leak.

[lonewolf]

i thought you prefered a policy of stay out of other peoples business?

I don't think the US can be the world police. they can't try to patch every leak.

Rich, I do prefer that US stays out of other peoples business. I prefered not to invade Iraq from the get go. And, this is a prime example of why, but US meddling in Iraq directly or indirectly caused destabilization of region. Bush and now Obama obviously had a poor Iraq exit strategy. This has left Iraq destabilized and open for extremist take over and has placed millions of innocent Iraqi people in harms way. US has a responsibility to the innocent people they left vulnerable.

Rich, this isn't a leak, it's a major flood. ISIS IS BURYING WOMEN AND CHILDREN ALIVE. The worst case senario has happened. ISIS has control of Iraq. Do you think this was the US plan? This was a major fluck up. The Bush and Obama administration are responsible.

Rich, is US responsible or not? Would you leave innocent people to be slaughtered?

And, I agree and stated same, US cannot be world police.

More...Oh, what a tangled web we weave.

Did the US train ISIS Rebels in Syria?
Jun 18, 2014 ... Allegations are mounting that the US trained Syrian rebels to fight against ... to
see them later join ISIS and turn against the US-backed Iraqi Army.

http://benswann.com/did-the-us-train-isis-rebels-to-fight-against-assad-in-syria/

[RichD]

Rich, I do prefer that US stays out of other peoples business. I prefered not to invade Iraq from the get go. And, this is a prime example of why, but US meddling in Iraq directly or indirectly caused destabilization of region. Bush and now Obama obviously had a poor Iraq exit strategy. This has left Iraq destabilized and open for extremist take over and has placed millions of innocent Iraqi people in harms way. US has a responsibility to the innocent people they left vulnerable.

Rich, this isn't a leak, it's a major flood. ISIS IS BURYING WOMEN AND CHILDREN ALIVE. The worst case senario has happened. ISIS has control of Iraq. Do you think this was the US plan? This was a major fluck up. The Bush and Obama administration are responsible.

Rich, is US responsible or not? Would you leave innocent people to be slaughtered?

And, I agree and stated same, US cannot be world police.

Yes the US is responsible for mashing up the peoples county. but i don't think anything they can do offers a solution. anything they do will be just a patch. people want them there less that they want the ISIS(or whoever they are) unfortunately i think events have to just play out to their conclusion as tragic as that is.