Posted on 08/03/2014 7:01:37 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Sulaimaniyah (Iraq) (AFP) - Jihadists raised their black flag in Iraq's northern town of Sinjar Sunday in a second straight day of advances against Kurdish forces, sparking mass displacement the UN called a humanitarian tragedy.
The Islamic State's capture of Sinjar raised fears for minority groups that had found refuge there and further blurs the border between the Syrian and Iraqi parts of the "caliphate" which the IS declared in June.
"The (Kurdish) peshmerga have withdrawn from Sinjar, Daash has entered the city," Kurdish official Kheiri Sinjari told AFP, using the former Arabic acronym for the IS.
"They have raised their flag above government buildings," the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) party official said.
Other officials confirmed the fall of the town between the Syrian border and Mosul, which is Iraq's second city and has been the IS hub there since it launched a major onslaught on June 9.
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So much for the notion that Iraqi Kurds are doughty warriors, I reckon! It may be that Iran is the last viable line of defense against the Islamic State, as bizarre and unsavory as that would be.
The Yazidi have already fled to the mountains with little food or other supplies. ISIS requires its captives to convert to its brand of Islam. The Yazidi are very devoted to their religion and it is predicted many will be killed. ISIS is also trying to capture a major hydroelectric dam, which I believe the Kurds are trying to protect. The electric is essential to many Iraquis and for AC, and this is the HOT season.
Saudi financing of the Madrassas all over the world, teaching the most backward, primative version of Islam is a major curse to all humanity, and especially Muslim women.
Iran IS the Islamic state right now! Said is too_corrupt to support.
And The house of saud is nothing more than the Taliban with money.
They both can’t fall fast enough!
Not a single reference nor mentioning of ISIS.
Are the media and mediots not referring to ISIS as IS?
It can always get worse in the Middle East, and when regimes in predominantly Muslim countries fall, it does. Just ask Iraq’s Christians and Yazidis.
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