Posted on 11/02/2014 12:29:08 PM PST by stevie_d_64
Baghdad (AFP) - The Islamic State group has carried out a fresh wave of mass killings, officials said Sunday, executing more than 200 members of an Iraqi tribe which took up arms against the jihadists.
Women and children were said to be among scores of Albu Nimr tribespeople executed over the past 10 days in western Iraq's Anbar province.
Reports of the killings came with the country on edge as hundreds of thousands of Shiites prepare to travel to shrine city Karbala this week for a major annual pilgrimage.
IS, a Sunni extremist group that has seized large parts of Iraq and Syria, is expected to target Ashura pilgrims, and 13 people died in an attack on Shiites on Sunday.
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This is so sick. They’ve been killing women and children recently as well.
IT takes time to change things for the better. ONce we pulled out there were no good options. I’m sure we’ll probably have to return there again, but it sure seems that we are on the same side with the Russians when it comes to wanting to kill these people.
The idea of any more Americans dying there is sickening. Obama is the worst president in our history, and it’s only going to get worse, my friend.
I read that they DID fight back, but ran out of ammo
Why did we go after Saddam? A guy who alQaeda and the Iranis hated? Because of Saudi Arabia, our "friends"
I know...We (our county is) are so terrible, you hit the nail on the head!!! ;-)
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