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Showing posts with label Cults - Islam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cults - Islam. Show all posts

Monday, August 11, 2014

YAZIDI REFUGEES ON MOUNT SINJAR - A BRITISH JOURNALIST'S FIRST HAND ACCOUNT - YAZIDIS DESPERATE LOOKING FOR THEIR LOST CHILDREN


Heat: A displaced woman and child from the Yazidi sect rest as they make their way towards the Syrian border
Yazidis resting on their way to Syria (Reuters)

By Jonathan Rugman 
 
They had cried as they laid piled on top of one another when the helicopter took off, abandoning hundreds below who couldn't fit aboard.
 
One of the airmen began punching and kicking refugees who were besieging the aircraft, in danger of overwhelming it in their battle for a seat.
 
Daily Mail - I watched yesterday as traumatised children on board an Iraqi military helicopter came under attack from an anti-aircraft gun fired by Islamic State jihadist militants.  A machine gunner on board scoured the desert and returned the fire, discharging several rounds into the void beyond.   And all around me in the helicopter’s cramped and chaotic space, dehydrated children winced in pain and their exhausted parents burst into tears.