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Iraq: Yazidi mass grave discovered in Sinjar
Reuters ^ | 11/15/15

Posted on 11/15/2015 12:45:10 PM PST by markomalley

A mass grave believed to contain the remains of more than 70 members of Iraq’s Yazidi minority was discovered east of Sinjar town after Kurdish forces claimed victory over Islamic State militants in the area, the mayor and locals have said.

The insurgents overran the Yazidi heartland of Sinjar in north-west Iraq in August 2014, systematically killing, capturing and enslaving thousands of its inhabitants in what the United Nations has said may have constituted attempted genocide.

The mayor of Sinjar and local Yazidis who visited the site of the mass grave said on Saturday they saw clumps of hair, bones, money and keys which they believed belonged to older women from the village of Kocho whom the militants separated from younger women during their onslaught.

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


TOPICS: War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iraq

1 posted on 11/15/2015 12:45:10 PM PST by markomalley
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To: markomalley

Obama is smiling.


2 posted on 11/15/2015 12:50:31 PM PST by 17th Miss Regt
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To: markomalley
The mayor of Sinjar and local Yazidis who visited the site of the mass grave said on Saturday they saw clumps of hair, bones, money, keys and Obama's fingerprints, ....
3 posted on 11/15/2015 12:53:14 PM PST by Navy Patriot (America, a Rule of Mob nation)
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To: markomalley
The mass graves shoul have a sign / proclamation out front :
Obama's response to our cry for help !
4 posted on 11/15/2015 12:54:54 PM PST by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: markomalley

Following the example of their prophet and his instructions in their book.

That is Islam


5 posted on 11/15/2015 12:55:29 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: markomalley
"may have constituted attempted genocide"

I find it hard to fathom that someone would actually write this.

6 posted on 11/15/2015 1:00:53 PM PST by Eagles6 ( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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To: markomalley

And we will be having an international tribunal for them, followed by hangings like at Nuremberg? Yes?


7 posted on 11/15/2015 1:01:12 PM PST by DesertRhino ("I want those feeble minded asses overthrown,,,")
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To: markomalley

What’s the difference between this and the Nazis’ mass graves? I thought they said:”Never again.”


8 posted on 11/15/2015 1:41:32 PM PST by Savage Beast ("Whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad." Then they watch them self-destruct.)
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To: markomalley

What’s the difference between this and the Nazis’ mass graves? I thought they said:”Never again.”


9 posted on 11/15/2015 1:41:33 PM PST by Savage Beast ("Whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad." Then they watch them self-destruct.)
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To: Eagles6

I had a Sgt. working under me who used squishy language like that. He avoided controversial decisions by shoving the squish up the line until he got a definitive answer. When that happened, he took pains to lay the blame up the line as well. He failed to persist in his position.


10 posted on 11/15/2015 1:46:40 PM PST by davius (You can roll manure in powdered sugar but that don't make it a jelly doughnut.)
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To: davius

They’re the first to go when the SHTF.


11 posted on 11/15/2015 3:19:21 PM PST by Eagles6 ( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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To: markomalley

Lets not be distracted here, the major threat to us all right now is global warming. Unless people understand this threat, these mass graves will continue.


12 posted on 11/15/2015 3:47:58 PM PST by rovenstinez
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