Posted on 08/06/2014 10:54:12 AM PDT by ScaniaBoy
Tens of thousands of members of Iraqi religious minority groups are dying of heat and thirst on Mount Sinjar, human rights groups say, after death threats from Islamic State - formerly Isis
Tens of thousands of members of Iraqi religious minority groups driven from their homes for fear of the jihadist group Islamic State are dying of thirst and heat on a desert mountainside in the north of the country, according to the United Nations and human rights groups.
Some 40 children have already died from the heat and dehydration, the UN childrens organisation Unicef says, while upwards of 40,000 more are sheltering in the bare mountains, without food or water or access to supplies. It says 25,000 children may be stranded.
Hundreds of adults, particularly men but also women and children, are already feared to have been killed or abducted by the group, which now surrounds their hiding place.
Most of the refugees, who fled their home city of Sinjar when it was seized by Islamic State at the weekend, are members of the Yazidi community. The Yazidis are an offshoot from Zoroastrianism and the Peacock Angel at the centre of their beliefs is associated by some Sunni Muslims with Satan.
This makes them especially vulnerable to the sectarian attacks practised by Islamic State, which refers to them as devil-worshippers.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Apparently there needs to be an angle to blame the Jews, and advantage Obama or the US isn’t interested. Obama has also done a lot to help establish the Greater Caliphate and any aid here might impede that.
Tens of thousands more may soon die die because of inaction.
Where is the outrage?
It seems there is only outrage when people fighting back against Jihadi aggression get the upper hand and are in the process of kicking Jihadi butt.
Then the entire worlds Kumbaya industry spools up with a propaganda blitz about the poor Islamists who are facing a humanitarian disaster.
It's sick.
Building rocket launchers in Gaza.
Heart Breaking.
From the MSMipedia entry:
ISIS: Freedom fighters struggling to restore religious freedom in Iraq.
You mean other than the 21,000+ stories on the topic?
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