You may not have even heard of the Yazidis, a religious minority primarily Kurdish in ethnicity. Since they are not fundamentalist Islamists, ISIS has targeted them for extermination. Currently tens of thousands of Yazidis are under siege in the mountains of Iraq where they are suffering from a lack of food and water.
Meanwhile much of the world is diminishing the real meaning of “genocide” by using the word to describe Israel’s efforts to root out Hamas terrorists in Gaza.
https://twitter.com/fatmacz88/status/497527622398517248
Watch this video. Try not to weep yourself: https://t.co/BXZDGIhbbw
— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) August 7, 2014
…wordless@NATOpress @PRLTUN @ZygisPavilionis @eu_eeas @carlbildt @PaulSonne @DamonMacWilson
— Roland Ley (@RolandLey) August 7, 2014
@michaeldweiss Gosh, the audible shushing throughout the video…
— Christine Thao Tyler (@christinetyler_) August 7, 2014
Sinjar mountains in which Yazidis are encircled was area i which the they first sought refuge in 18th century from Ottoman troops
— Chemi Shalev (@ChemiShalev) August 7, 2014
Screw all y'all who want to cover your elected asses instead of helping the besieged Yazidis & Xtians in Iraq. God is watching, you pricks.
— Leslie ن (@LADowd) August 7, 2014
What's the argument for killing Gaddafi but letting the Kurds and Yazidis get slaughtered by Al Qaeda rejects?
— Sunny McSunnyface (@sunnyright) August 7, 2014
@sunnyright Nuance.
— BigMcLrgHuge (@BigMcLrgHuge) August 7, 2014
@sunnyright You really need to stop trying to make sense of Obama's foreign policy. #foolsgame
— Sect 35, Row 72 (@md_schmidt) August 7, 2014
https://twitter.com/sdbeachlvr/status/497507889943031808
Iraq's religious minorities are in a desperate situation, crying out for help! #WeAreN #Yazidis http://t.co/traYoBvywp ^td
— International Christian Concern (@persecutionnews) August 7, 2014
https://twitter.com/Philt522/status/497515494170427392
“@CNNInternatDesk: What chance do Yazidis have against group too brutal for al Qaeda? http://t.co/zL3NRRhVtJ”
— Jeff Sievers (@JeffSievers) August 7, 2014
Good question.
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