Sinjar: first images show total devastation

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Sinjar: first images show total devastation



IRAQ: --The first images from Sinjar show the Iraqi town show scenes of total devastation.

An estimated 200,000 people lived in Sinjar before it was overrun by ISIL fighters in August 2014.

“This is frightening,” said one young Kurdish fighter. “When you look at what Sinjar was and how it is now. The town is in ruins, it is worse that Kobani.”

Sinjar’s 50,000 strong Yazidi population was purged after it was overrun.

Kurdish forces take control

Kurdish leaders say their word is now law, a strong message to other groups in the area and the wider international community.

“Those who did not hurt anyone and did not cooperate with Daesh can return. We do not have an issue with them. But they must live under the flag of Kurdistan and be part of the Kurdish region.” senior Kurdish commander Qassem Shesho told journalists.

The Kurdish forces say more than 5,000 Yazidi citizens of Sinjar were killed by IS, 5,000 taken prisoner and the remaining were killed.

There are fears of further power-struggle fighting between groups in the region.

Sinjar: what we know

*Sinjar has a key strategic position on Highway 47, the main route linking IS-held Mosul in the east with the group’s de facto capital Raqqa in the west. *Islamic State had held the town since an offensive in August 2014 *The population was previously around 200,000 mainly Kurdish and Arab Muslims, both Sunni and Shi’ite, Christians and Yazidis *An estimated 50,000 Yazidis fled after Sinjar was overrun and were stranded on nearby Mount Sinjar *Yazidis accuse the Sunni Muslim community of collaborating with IS *Sinjar has a key strategic position on Highway 47, the main route linking IS-held Mosul in the east with the group’s de facto capital Raqqa in the west.


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[Cuchulainn]

The barbaric animals of ISIL will burn in the deepest pit in hell for eternity. Paradise with virgins? Methinks not.

[JetsetBkk]

The barbaric animals of ISIL will burn in the deepest pit in hell for eternity. Paradise with virgins? Methinks not.

There is no hell. There is no heaven. They will simply die. And the sooner the better.

[NeverSure]

There is no hell. There is no heaven. They will simply die. And the sooner the better.

Your problem is that you have to be dead to find out and by then it's too late.

Cheers.

[FangFerang]

There is no hell. There is no heaven. They will simply die. And the sooner the better.

Your problem is that you have to be dead to find out and by then it's too late.

Cheers.

Your statement is fallacious, illogical and nonsense. It's called an "argument from fear", and is laughable.

[Baerboxer]

There is no hell. There is no heaven. They will simply die. And the sooner the better.

Your problem is that you have to be dead to find out and by then it's too late.

Cheers.

Your statement is fallacious, illogical and nonsense. It's called an "argument from fear", and is laughable.

No it's not. You don't know anymore than the rest of us do. Your opinion is your opinion but it's not based on fact.

[rethaier]

The Kurdish forces say more than 5,000 Yazidi citizens of Sinjar were killed by IS, 5,000 taken prisoner and the remaining were killed.

Now let me try to understand.

5000 killed

5000 prisoners

rest killed

How many were killed?

[JetsetBkk]

There is no hell. There is no heaven. They will simply die. And the sooner the better.

Your problem is that you have to be dead to find out and by then it's too late.

Cheers.

Your statement is fallacious, illogical and nonsense. It's called an "argument from fear", and is laughable.

No it's not. You don't know anymore than the rest of us do. Your opinion is your opinion but it's not based on fact.

Sorry. Didn't mean to start an argument here . But for those religious types here, you might want to relax with a bit of comedy...

(Try the first 40 seconds at least )