the mosaic of various minorities in Iraq--Turkmen, Assyrians, Kurds, Christians, Yezidis, etc--is being systematically threatened by the mercenary gang of the Islamic State--particularly vulnerable are such under the radar communities as the Christian Iraqis--according to this report by PRI (Public Radio International): At the beginning of the summer, the [Iraqi] army crumbled in the face of an attack by the militant group ISIS in Mosul. That left Christians, Turkmen and Yazidis vulnerable to attack and persecution by ISIS, which calls itself the Islamic State. Then in early August, Kurdish forces fighting ISIS withdrew from the Christian villages of Al-Hamdaniya, near Mosul, leaving thousands of civilians scrambling to escape. More than 100,000 Christians fled in a matter of days. “The Sunni and Shia [Muslims] have militias, the Kurds have the peshmerga [militia,] we only have God,” said Karam Hassu, a 30-year-old teacher from Al-Hamdaniya, who fled his home in August.
Posted on: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 12:54:03 +0000
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