Iraqi militants seized control Thursday of the country’s largest Christian city — reportedly telling its residents to leave, convert or die — while members of another religious minority remained trapped on a mountain without enough food or water, circumstances that fueled calls for the U.S. and U.N. to get more involved.
The Iraq conflict spilled onto the streets of Herford in North Rhine-Westphalia on Wednesday evening as hundreds of members of the Yazidi faith clashed with supporters of Islamist terrorist group ISIS.
Nice to see that Victor Laszlo drew an assignment this time round filming sane and cheerful people unlikely to kick, punch, knife or strangle him with a flag. Looks like a good time was had by all.
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Isis takes Iraq’s largest Christian town as residents told – ‘leave, convert or die’
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-takes-iraqs-largest-christian-town-of-qaraqosh-9653789.html
Iraq Christians flee as Islamic State takes Qaraqosh
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28686998
Iraqi militants seized control Thursday of the country’s largest Christian city — reportedly telling its residents to leave, convert or die — while members of another religious minority remained trapped on a mountain without enough food or water, circumstances that fueled calls for the U.S. and U.N. to get more involved.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/08/07/militant-takeover-iraqs-largest-christian-city-mountaintop-siege-fuel-calls-for/
Iraq conflict resounds on German streets
The Iraq conflict spilled onto the streets of Herford in North Rhine-Westphalia on Wednesday evening as hundreds of members of the Yazidi faith clashed with supporters of Islamist terrorist group ISIS.
http://www.thelocal.de/20140807/echoes-of-iraq-conflict-on-streets-of-herford-yezidi-islamic-state
Yazidis protest in Bremen Germany Aug 6 2014
Nice to see that Victor Laszlo drew an assignment this time round filming sane and cheerful people unlikely to kick, punch, knife or strangle him with a flag. Looks like a good time was had by all.