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IRAQI MASSACRE
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MAJOR DISASTERS
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Nearly 2,000 civilians killed or found dead in Iraq last month
At least 1,956 civilians were killed or found dead in Iraq last month, according to Iraq Body count.
The September massacre brings the total number of civilians killed in violence so far this year to at least 12,618, according to Iraq Body Count.
The UN Mission in Baghdad said at least 1,119 people have died in violence in September, AP reported. The figure, however, does not include massacres carried out in areas controlled by the Islamic State terrorists, for example, the western Anbar province and parts of northern Iraq.
‘Ethnic Cleansing’ and Mass Displacement
Reports from Iraq “reveal acts of inhumanity on an unimaginable scale,” said the UN Human Rights Deputy Commissioner, in August.
The terrorists that run the so-called “Islamic State,” formerly known as ISIS/ISIL, and their allied Sunni insurgents have taken control of large parts of northern and western Iraq, committing “systematic and intentional attacks on civilians” that include targeted killings, forced conversions, slavery, sexual abuse, and the besieging of entire communities.
“Thousands of people have been killed, the majority of them civilians, and more than a million others have been forced to flee their homes,” said the report.
There is “strong evidence” that international human rights and humanitarian law is being seriously violated in areas under IS control, said the UN Human Rights Commission.
“Christian, Yazidi, Turkmen, Shabak, Kaka’i, Sabeans and Shia communities had ‘all been targeted through particularly brutal persecution’ and that IS had ‘ruthlessly carried out what may amount to ethnic and religious cleansing,’” said the report.
“Many have been killed directly; others have been besieged and deprived of food, water or medication, said the UN Deputy Human Rights Commissioner.
“Hundreds of thousands of civilians from these communities have fled to remote and desolate locations where unconfirmed reports indicate that scores of children, elderly people and people with disabilities have been dying as a result of exhaustion and deprivation.”
Sex Slaves
At least 2,250 Yazidi women and children are being held hostage by IS terrorists. Most of the female hostages have been allotted as slaves to IS fighters, said the report.
Related Links
- Iraq: Thousands More Killed, More Than a Million Displaced Posted on September 1, 2014
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