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| Terror Networks |
| 3000 Yezidi women held by ISIS |
| 2015-03-24 |
| [ARA] The directorate of Yezidi abductees affairs in the province of Dohuk, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, reported that they have rescued more than 900 people of the Yezidi minority from the grip of the radical group of Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... (IS/ISIS), who had been held by the group since it took control of the Shingal district in August, 2014. Hussein al-Qaedi, director of abductees affairs, told local news hounds that they stepped up their efforts to save those who have fallen in the hands of IS terrorists. About 4,500 Yezidi civilians are held captives by the IS hardline group. "We accelerated our efforts to save them by all possible means," al-Qaedi said, pointing out that among the survivors were 304 women and 430 children. He added that the process of saving hostages is being done confidentially, confirming that "large amounts of money were paid for their release". The total number of Yezidis who escaped IS brutality in the Kurdistan region has reached 55,000 people, according to Hadi Dobani, director of the Yezidi affairs office in the province of Dohuk. "During IS attacks, 1280 Yezidis were killed, 540 others were reported missing, while 280 people died on the Sinjar Mountain when they were trapped," Dobani reported. Dobani explained that the process of releasing the abductees requires investigations and then negotiations through mediators. In the meantime, the head of the Supreme Committee of international relations for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Dindar Zebari, said that the number of the Yezidi women held captives by IS Death Eaters has reached 3,000 women, most of them are teenagers. "We are highly concerned about the fate of those captives amid the mounting brutality of the IS terrorist group," Zebari said. After being captured, the Yezidi women are subject to forced conversions, marriages, rape and assault, according to Human Rights Watch ... During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011, HRW received a pledge from the Foundation to Promote Open Society, of which George Soros is Chairman, for general support totaling $100,000,000. The grant is being paid in installments of $10,000,000 over ten years.Through June 30, 2013, HRW had received $30,000,000 towards the fulfillment of the pledge.... . Noteworthy, in a handful of situations, a few Yezidi girls and women were able to escape detention with the help of locals in the IS-held areas. However, a woman is only as old as she admits... the Yezidi suffering continues as many captives are still held in detention except those who were offered temporary refuge by locals in northern Iraq before being able to flee to the Kurdistan Region or neighboring countries. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 But, but - wage disparity! |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-03-24 16:13 |