Posted on 08/23/2014 1:36:12 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
The United Nations special representative for Iraq has called on the international community to take immediate action to avoid a massacre of civilians in town besieged by Islamic State (Isis) forces.
Nickolay Mladenov said he was "seriously alarmed" by reports that the people living in the northern Iraqi town of Amerli had no food or water as the two-month siege continues.
He said: "The situation of the people in Amerli is desperate and demands immediate action to prevent the possible massacre of its citizens. The town is besieged by [Isis] and reports confirm that people are surviving in desperate conditions."
Mladenov, a former Bulgarian foreign minister, also called on the Iraqi government to evacuate the town or provide "lifesaving humanitarian assistance" to those trapped there.
He added: "Iraq's allies and the international community should work with the authorities to prevent a human rights tragedy. The United Nations in Iraq will do all it can to support the government and people of Iraq in alleviating the unspeakable suffering of Amerli's inhabitants."
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
Anywhere ISIS and their supporters gather in mass..
A moabist proposal
(If possible without destroying the city.)
Massive Ordinance Air Blast, aka "Mother of all bombs"
Really puts The Crusades into the correct perspective.
“Really puts The Crusades into the correct perspective.”:
It sure does.
Where was the UN when ISIS took out the ancient Christian and Yazidi communities?
Concern by UN is only reserved for Muhammedan suffering?
Politics vs. truth
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