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12. The plight of the Yazidis is well-documented by international observers and reporters

Fri Aug 8, 2014, 04:49 PM

Aug 2014

Considering that ISIS is content to starve/dehydrate 40,000 men, women and children to death on a mountaintop, them taking women as captives for hostages/comfort wives is completely believable.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/07/40000-iraqis-stranded-mountain-isis-death-threat

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Human Shields humbled_opinion Aug 2014 #1

'Comfort women' 4139 Aug 2014 #3

Exactly. Had to happen. As a result of ballyhoo Aug 2014 #6

Except This Has Been Going On For Days Already, Sir The Magistrate Aug 2014 #10

Bull. IronGate Aug 2014 #24

So they don't reject them as ethnic Kurds and take them as wives? flamingdem Aug 2014 #2

Using them as hostages NickB79 Aug 2014 #4

I agree flamingdem Aug 2014 #5

Do you believe in the myth of "surgical air strikes"? candelista Aug 2014 #7

Capturing and raping women during war cosmicone Aug 2014 #8

ISIS is medieval in many ways chrisa Aug 2014 #15

I say we should have our fundies and their fundies cosmicone Aug 2014 #16

Do we even know that this is true? candelista Aug 2014 #11

That doesn't prove this particular claim. candelista Aug 2014 #14

Why would you question this, Isis is 840high Aug 2014 #18

These people are animals. WhoWoodaKnew Aug 2014 #13

I read all of the women 840high Aug 2014 #19

I hope none are young children. Disgusting. 840high Aug 2014 #21

Horrific. Awful. Not surprising. Shades of Boko Haram in Nigeria... riderinthestorm Aug 2014 #22

Somebody please stop this fucking planet. Brigid Aug 2014 #23

Can I come, too? BadtotheboneBob Aug 2014 #25

Sure. Brigid Aug 2014 #28

Count me in. nt. IronGate Aug 2014 #27

How can these sickos call themselves Muslims? They are freaking rapists. McCamy Taylor Aug 2014 #29