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On Friday the so-called Sharia Court of the Islamic State group (IS/ISIS) reportedly executed 600 hostages from the Yezidi community of Shingal (Sinjar) in the Talafar district in northern Iraq.
The group piled the bodies into the well of Alo Antar on al-Ayyadiya highway, local sources reported.
Shahin Shingali, a fighter in the ranks of the Peshmerga forces, stated to ARA News that since Friday the IS radicals transferred nearly 700 Yezidi hostages to Talafar.
Without a direct intervention by the international community, Iraq will be witnessing more genocides against innocent people at the hands of the IS terrorists, Shingali said.
http://aranews.net/2015/05/isis-militants-execute-600-yezidis-northern-iraq/
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)You may want to add a graphic warning to your subject line. While I'm not sensitive to a picture like that, I know others are.
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)while Pol Pot wiped out 2 million Cambodians.
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)The US created both monsters - ISIS is run by army officers that Chimpoleon's minions cashiered and the Nixon-Kissinger push of the Vietnam War into Cambodia gave rise to the Khmer Rouge. I guess the appropriate conclusion is that the US should stop fucking around with the world, especially in places it knows absolutely nothing about. When it does, results like this are inevitable.
Truth in Media: The Origin Of Isis
Thats how we got to where we are, because of war, because of occupation, because of torture, Keaton said. The United States government completely destabilized and wrecked Iraq. They caused it to fail miserably and that is entirely the fault of the United States government. There is no one else to blame.
..........Then, came a pivotal moment that most Americans arent even aware of, Swann said. In June 2013, a Northern General for the Free Syrian Army spoke out on Al Jazeera Qatar and stated that if international forces did not send weapons, the rebels attempting to overthrow Syrian president Bashar al-Assad would lose their war within a month.
Swann noted that just months before this occurred he had personally confronted President Obama on the issue of why the U.S. was covertly funding Syrian rebels. Although Obama acted as if he was proceeding with caution, politicians such as Senator John McCain demanded action.
Within a matter of weeks of the Syrian general making his plea for international help, the U.S., the Saudis, Jordan, Qatar, Turkey and Israel began providing weapons, training and money to so-called rebel groups like the Free Syrian Army, Swann said.
In September 2013, American media outlets began reporting that weapons were being given to Syrian rebels. CNN reported that while the weapons are not American-made, they were funded and organized by the CIA.
Full article: http://benswann.com/truth-in-media-the-origin-of-isis/
ISIS militants execute 600 Yezidis northern Iraq OP - how horribly sad.
Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)sufrommich
(22,871 posts)alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)And we helped create these monsters.