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Help wanted: Iraqi Yazidis turn to Russia as West fails to stop Islamic State killings
For more than a year, Iraq’s Yazidis have watched a human tragedy unfold as members of their quiet, religious community have been enslaved, tortured and killed by Islamic State militants.
The community and its Iraqi and Kurdish defenders have repeatedly pressed for more U.S. intervention, with limited success. A delegation was in Washington last month to make the case.
“Since ISIS attacked Mosul last year, the genocide hasn’t stopped for one moment,” said Iraqi parliamentarian Haji K. Samo, who was part of the delegation that came to Washington to meet with the State Department a few weeks ago.
He and his colleague Khadeeda K. Eedo, a member of the Nineveh Provincial Council, represent the Yazidis, whose monotheistic religion combines elements of Christianity, Islam and Zoroastrianism.
But frustration at the slow pace of Western intervention has forced some elements of the Yazidi community to look elsewhere for help — Russia …. http://www.washingtontimes.com
Source: http://luismmx.blogspot.com/2015/11/help-wanted-iraqi-yazidis-turn-to.html
