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TENS OF THOUSANDS of people are reportedly fleeing in panic from advancing ISIS militants in north-western Iraq.
Amnesty International’s senior crisis response adviser Donatella Rovera, currently in northern Iraq, says taht while thousands have fled the Christian city of Qaraqosh in response to ISIS’s arrival overnight, others have been trapped in the town.
“The situation for Iraqis in the north-west of the country, especially those from the Yezidi and Christian minority communities, is becoming increasingly dire as both residents and many of those already displaced are now fleeing their homes and places of shelter,” Rovera said today.
The Amnesty adviser said thousands of Iraqis from minority religions and groups are fleeing in terror of advancing ISIS fighters:
I met a man yesterday in al-Qosh, a Christian town, who for weeks has been working hard to provide shelter and assistance to displaced people – Christians, Yezidis and other minorities who had fled their homes in the recent days and weeks amid ISIS assaults.Today he and his family have themselves become displaced. He broke down in tears as he told me that last night he and his family fled with only the clothes on their backs – with not even time to take their documents. ISIS is now in the town.
‘Urgent UNSC meeting’
France’s foreign minister has called for an urgent UN Security Council meeting over the crisis in Iraq.
“France is very deeply concerned by the latest advances of (IS militants) in the north of Iraq and the taking of Qaraqosh, the biggest Christian city in Iraq, as well as by the intolerable abuses that were committed,” Laurent Fabius said today in a statement.
“Given the seriousness of the situation – the first victims of which are civilians and religious minorities – France is requesting an urgent meeting of the Security Council so the international community can mobilise to counter the terrorist threat in Iraq and support and protect the population at risk.”
Turkish officials said today that up to 800 people from Iraq’s Yazidi community have fled across the border and into Turkey after escaping attack by jihadists from the IS group.
The Yazidi are a closed community that follows an ancient faith rooted in Zoroastrianism and are scorned by jihadists as “devil worshippers”, a term the Yazidi themselves angrily contest.
- Additional reporting by the AFP
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Way to go Islam.
The middle east has serious problems that are on the verge of consuming all the countries in the region except Israel the only democracy in the region.
And Turkey and Lebanon? John
I believe you mean the only almost Islam free country in the region.
Sean Israel is not Islam free there are more than 1 million muslims living is Israel and they are free to practice their religon, Turkey use to be a more moderate liberal democracy but its going backward under Erdogan
16 minutes in and only 6 comments. The Journal somehow has to find a way to insert the words ‘Palestine’ and ‘Israel’ when they post these articles. Christians and Yazidis being exterminated from Iraq, by Islamic nutjobs is not hipster enough, these days to attract the same level of attention.
Is Hasbara High School not on holiday? Give it a rest, skippy
Why Aren’t ISIS and Al-Qaeda Attacking Israel or the United States forces for that matter?
How come ISIS hey got fancy black uniforms, fresh gun mounted Toyota Hylux pick ups and Humvee Jeeps.? Who paid for all this?. (Other than what they “stole”)
An Islamic militant sect would not name themselves after an Egyptian Goddess….
I’m actually in the Mossad school of basic training at the moment. Get it right please.
What does numerology say about ISIS Frank?
Ahh you know full well scip that Israel, the Saudis and the US are all over this ISIL group, drop the childish shite with Frank he’s consistent at least can’t say the same for you with your own agenda.
Way to go Scipio,but seeing the number of red thumbs for the first comment’Way to go Islam’ tells me it’s futile to make even the slightest criticism of the peaceful religion- especially when the blessed ones are only taking back their land from the accursed infidels; but then;according to their beliefs Scipio,every square inch of the Earth belongs to them by right already .
Criticism is futile here and fatal in Mosul.
@ Joe,
What’s with the ‘ Frank’ sh*t. He’s gone incognito with ‘ Ablitive’ and we’d never have guessed his real identity. Still preferred the train though
Hey scipio if you keep criticising isis your israeli masters wont be happy with you.isis wer founded with saudi ideology by us tax payer dollars and facillitated by mossad and the iaf at times. Why if you are shocked and disgusted at isis and their actions do you not protest the powers that created them?
ISIS was established 66 years after the formation of Israel in 1948
@ Frank,
You must have been a lighthouse in your last job
Great point Scip and one that’s brought up so little………
ISIS was established on 3 January 2014
3/1/2014 = 3+1+2+0+1+4 = 11
# Numbers.
Abilitive, the leader of ISIS is Elvis, the mystery is solved.
Paddy red thumbs should be seen as a badge of pride, pay no attention to the Jihadi apologists!
Isis will be hard pressed to break Israels record for expelling Christians from the Middle East. There are 400,000 Palestinian Christians in Chile alone.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/chile-cuts-ties-with-israel/5392422
Sorry mate,I honestly thought Business Cat’s comment:,way to go Islam’,was meant as sheer sarcasm,so therefore the red thumbs were the jihadists supporters and which I thought was shameful in the face of what these fanatics are doing to all people not of their faith.
I expect to see Gordon Darcy marching down O Connell street in solidarity with the ancient Christian and Yazidi communties who are being ethnically cleansed on a massive scale from the Middle East. The Journal churning out about 8 articles a day on Gaza, and Supervalue boycotts while ignoring the genocide that is taking place in Iraq is shameful.40,000 people trapped on a mountain given a choice. Convert or be beheaded.
Only one article on this from the Journal, while continuing their minute by minute coverage of idiots lying down in front of Smyths.
ISIS is Hamas without the PR team to make them palatable for Western Leftists.
I think you’ll find that ISIL has a great little PR team behind them.
There will be a ‘die-in’ this Saturday……
…… No… Kidding…. Of course there won’t.
The hysterical lefties & right-on gobsh*yes only give a toss about death & persecution when it involves Israel.
Anyone else dying & they couldn’t even pretend to give a f*ck.
Couldn’t agree more Scipio.
Totally agree Scipio. The Journal team should stop wasting their time writing articles about Israel and just post a headline called Israel … there;s be 10,000 views and 350 comments within 10 mins.
America turning its back on the Shah of Iran allowing that homicidal maniac of a religious fanatic the Ayatollah Khomeini to wrestle power is the reason savages like ISIS are around today.
Even Ronald Reagan apologised for Americas treatment of their staunch ally the Shah during that tumultuous time.
The dictators in the region largely kept the Jihad fanatics well in check.
The Shah might not have been a saint but as dictators go in that region he was almost an angel in comparison.
Khomeini killed more people in Iran in 3 months than the Shah did in 30 years., his Islamic revolution spread like wildfire around the Middle East, Afghanistan, Chechnya etc, even moderate Turkey has a hardliner in power today, thankfully the Egyptian military acted quickly to oust Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood, but the dormant volcano has well and truly been awakened and is spreading its evil claws all over not just the Middle East but Europe and North America too, time for some radical action before its far too late!.
Haha your right Jenni, boards.ie is just as bad! Is Nodin and his team posting on here as well?
Sure you’re the ones commenting on every single one of them Jenni,Scip and William,spreading yisser lies
Looks like we all got a red thumb each off you Dungeon?.
Erdogan isn’t exactly a hardline Muslim when it comes to his politics, he’s more of a hardline conservative
Well said Scipio, But that was just a rumour about Supervalue they will not be boycotting Israel http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/supervalu-says-it-is-not-involved-in-boycott-of-israeli-produce-1.1889022?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Maybe so Danny but he was very welcoming of Morsi and the Brotherhood and still is even since they were outed, as such Egypt have withdrew their ambassador from Ankara.
Ronan… The sv thing is still ambiguous unfortunately
http://m.independent.ie/irish-news/supervalu-removes-israeli-carrots-from-shelves-30488359.html
Ah yes of coarse its better not have democracy everywhere eh? It just makes hypocrites out of the west with their call to arms . America states that bringing democracy to the world is the reason the west must stick its nose in everywhere but when you dont like the outcome its back to the military dictatorship ? Thats all sisi is in egypt. Hes gone back to his roots crushing opposition and censoring the media.
I contacted Supervalu about this boycott and they wouldn’t confirm or deny it, anyone else hear anything about it??
Thanks for letting me know Jenni
I had a verbal tussle with Nodin a few years ago on either boards or politics.ie.
When I pointed you that “nodin” is a native American word meaning “wind”, he/she didn’t bother me again.
I rarely, if ever, post on boards any more. They gag every opinion that doesn’t suit the trendy, leftist meme!
That country was so much better when Saddam was running it,
Saddam Hussein kept the lid on the Dust bin… He protected ancient minority Christian communities rather than annihilate them which seems to be the trend when the US gets involved.
Shane it was no picnic for the Iraqi shiites or Kurds under Saddam but the country was a lot more stable under Saddam and his cronies
Meanwhile Blair and Bush are raking in the cash from after dinner speeches
We hanged the NAZI leadership for ”the commission of a war of aggression”
Most think it was the concentration camps but the first conviction for Genocide was not until the 1990s, and while they were charged with ”crimes against humanity” and violation of the laws of war the focus of the Nuremberg trials were on the waging of a war of aggression.
That’s why the US didn’t ratify the ICC.
They knew every president would wind up in front of it.
Think back, who was the last US president that didn’t continue or start a war.
Carter, and before that? I can’t think of one since FDR.
Can you say that about any other country? Is there any other country that has started that many wars?
No condemnation of ISIS James, typical Jihadi apologist.
Well done America…I’m sure they’re loving their ‘freedom’.
I blame America for deposing Saddam Hussein, but at the end of the day, the yanks did not force these Islamist to declare the Yazidis devil worshippers. That kind of thinking originates in a tyrannical, disgusting country to the South of Iraq
Eh…. You should direct your scorn to the Saudis & Qatar…..
They unleashed this ISIS monster & have long lost any hope of controlling it
The reality is that if they had not removed the one system holding the country together none of this would be happening.
Not only did they do that but they had no post-war plan, they dissolved the Iraqi army…they made a half dozen terrible mistakes, every life lost since then is on their hands.
Iran ready to help Iraqi displaced Christians….
The Iranian ambassador to Baghdad says the Islamic Republic is ready to render help to Iraqi Christians displaced by ISIL terrorist group……. More than what Western Nations including the US can do..
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/08/06/374221/iran-ready-to-help-iraqi-christians/
ISIS Leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi Trained by Israeli Mossad, NSA Documents Reveal
That’s funny because Christians flee Iran due to persecution all the time
@Ablitive
The idea that Mossad has anything to do with ISIS is a conspiracy theory, and a very silly one at that.
http://time.com/2992269/isis-is-an-american-plot-says-iran/
“The IRNA story appears to build on, or may have even started, an Internet rumor that has assumed truthlike proportions through multiple reposts and links. No mention of a “hornet’s nest” plot can be found in Snowden’s leaked trove of U.S. intelligence documents, and even though Snowden has not publicly refuted the claim, it is safe to assume that the quoted interview never took place. (IRNA has been known to report stories from the satirical Onion newspaper as fact.) Yet Iranian government officials and independent analysts in Iran alike cited IRNA’s report as definitive proof of ISIS’s American and Israeli origins.”
It’s ok Ciaran, he’s getting his information from GlobalResearch which we are told is a “more reliable source than the Onion”. You see Jews are running the world and 2 Jewish families apparently orchestrate everything, the Rothschilds and the Bildrerbergs, jeez they must be extraordinarily busy right now. All governments are just puppets it seems and even Jihadi’s are controlled by the Jews as well.
If you connect enough dots and take enough leaps of faith, anything is possible. The same hysteria swept through Germany in the 1930′s and we all know how that turned out, except for Iran, they know the “truth”.
You are either blessed with this gift of faith or not. Seem you and I don’t believe everything we read and don’t take sides.
Roger Rabid… Iran has numerous Christian communities similar to Iraq and Syria and these are protected just like some of its Jewish communities..(Note these would get wiped out as soon as US / Israel invades the country)
The problems occur when Christians start preaching and trying to convert others In Iran, this is considered an offense..
BTW… Iran has the second-largest community of Jews in the Middle East.
http://www.npr.org/2012/02/07/146484459/jews-with-ties-to-iran-and-israel-feel-conflicted
Eh ciaran congress in the us approved funding to arm the rebel groups that morphed into isis. And that info doesnt come from iran .they supplied with anti tank weapons tonnes of small arms and rumoured anti aircraft guns. Also israel intelligence has helped the rebels with intel and many airstrikes albeit the airstrikes were said to be retaliatory strikes,but where have we heard that before..,Why every criticism of the us and israel brings out all the dummies il never understand.
Why would Christians need to be “protected ” in Iran ? , do the Muslims outside the GPO need protection ? , the idea that IS is a creation of the US / Israel is totally mad , they are merely doing their religious duty , following in the footsteps of the Prophet
@DH
The allegation that Mossad colluded with ISIS is an Internet rumour. Did you not read the link to the Time Magazine online article that I posted? Why would Israel support an organisation that hates Jews?! Furthermore, the US government supports only the non-extremist rebels in Syria, not Jabhat al-Nusra, which is an Al-Qaeda affiliate and thus an enemy of the US, or ISIS, which is also an enemy of the US.
@Joe Burns
Thank you.
Ciaran when the us armed the rebels they armed everyone except al qaeda affilliated groups. The main group behind isis went to war and defeated some of the larger non extremist groups with the result that many of the others joined isil as it was known bringing the weapons supplied by the us with them. Isis now is not just one group but many of the smaller groups that rose up against assad. The mossad have done before and are still providing intelligence to the rebels and the iaf have carried out bombinhg raids on syrian army positions. Israel have no problem with helping isis at thevmoment if it helps keeping assads forces on the back foot especially when it also keeps hezbollah and iran also on the back foot. Dont believe for a minute that israel care about the damage isis are inflicting on civillians for if helping isis is damaging israels enemies then they will feel justified in doing so. When the time comes however when isis turns its ire towards israel then and only then will israel turn on them.
Sorry guys you just aren’t hip like the Palestinians so you better learn to suck it up or get better PR.
ISIS and IDF controlled by those who tell the world they have a GOD given right behave as they wish .
Send in the SAS they will wipe these rats off the face of the earth. There’s no point in a large scale invasion. Let the SAS do what they were made to do end life’s. Fight fire with an even bigger fire. It’s time to show Isis that you will kill them all if they don’t stop killing innocent people. Action is what’s needed here not words. Talking is a load of bollix take action
Steven Hillert …….. Bassar Al Assad would do a better job than the SAS
His army has been fighting them for several years before they defected to Iraq.
Keep sniffing the tree bark you’ll get there in the end bosco.
good point though, if you took all the nato or un countries special forces and combined them, you would have several thousand of the most dangerous people who have ever lived, no standing army, militia or armed group in existence would last the time it takes to pi$$ themselves in the face of that. would be over in a week. more potent and precise than any bombing campaign. shame western countries are more concerned about the lives of their soldiers than the lives of children.
WAR is one way to spread evil Islam. Boarders up is another.
Aren’t they now simply called IS – i Am therefore I IS
Wait for it someone is going to blame israel !
That loon Ablitive as already blamed Israel on here
Flying picket, I already told you it’s not Israels fault, Elvis is to blame, Ablitive told me using telepathy
Can somebody tell me when there are going to be protests against this……..sorry Israel are not involved so no protests.
They already have been blamed..
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