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| One-third of Palmyra's 200,000 residents may have fled: U.N. |
| 2015-05-22 |
| [EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] Around a third of the 200,000 people living in the Syrian town of Palmyra may have fled in the past few days, during fighting between government forces and 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.... murderous Moslems, the U.N. human rights ...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions... office said on Thursday. Citing what she said were credible sources, U.N. human rights spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani in Geneva also said there were reports of government forces preventing civilians leaving until they themselves fled and Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, took control of the city. "ISIL has reportedly been carrying out door-to-door searches in the city, looking for people affiliated with the government. At least 14 civilians are reported to have been executed by ISIL in Palmyra this week," Shamdasani said in emailed comments. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 As per LUCIANNE + DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS, the Iraq Govt sezzes 500 have been killed, wid 8000 in flight from from Ramadi since the ISIS/ISIL took Ramadi. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-05-22 21:33 |