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Report: ISIS executes 300 Yazidis in Iraq
Haaretz ^ | May 2, 2015

Posted on 05/03/2015 5:03:09 AM PDT by nuconvert

About 300 Yazidi captives of Islamic State were executed by the Islamist group west of the ISIS-controlled city of Mosul in Iraq on Friday, Iraqi and Yazidi officials said, according to the BBC.

According to a statement released by the Yazidi Progress Party, the captives were killed in the Tal Afar district, near Mosul. Iraq's vice president, Osama al-Nujaifi, said the alleged massacre was "horrific and barbaric," BBC reported.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iraq; isis; yazidis
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To: nuconvert

Meanwhile, thousands more Muslims immigrate freely to the US.


21 posted on 05/03/2015 7:54:00 AM PDT by Last Dakotan
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To: nuconvert

Nothing to see here...(presidential) yawn...


22 posted on 05/03/2015 9:41:26 AM PDT by stevie_d_64 (I will settle for a "perfectly good, gently used" kidney...Apply within...)
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To: HLPhat

the paired comments

#18 and #19

excellent together in this none too happy context of

Report: ISIS executes 300 Yazidis in Iraq

bttt


23 posted on 05/06/2015 8:47:57 AM PDT by BlueDragon
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