Clinton calls IS killings of Christians, Yazidis 'genocide'

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Clinton calls IS killings of Christians, Yazidis 'genocide'
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE

BERLIN, N.H. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says she now believes the Islamic State group's persecution of Christians, the Yazidi minority and other religious and ethnic minorities in the Middle East should be defined as "genocide."

Her declaration came Tuesday night in response to a voter at a town hall in New Hampshire, her last campaign event of 2015. Clinton said she's been reluctant to use the term in recent months because calling something "genocide" has broad implications.

The voter who asked Clinton to use the term "genocide" to describe the Islamic State killings cited world leaders including the Pope and various advocacy groups that are using the phrase to define the extremist group's killing of Christians, Yazidis, Kurdish Muslims, and other religious and ethnic minorities.

"Will you join those leaders, faith leaders and secular leaders and political leaders from both the right and the left, in calling what is happening by its proper name: Genocide?" the voter asked.

"I will because we now have enough evidence," Clinton replied.

The Islamic State group's actions, she said, are "deliberately aimed at destroying not only the lives, but wiping out the existence of Christians and other religious minorities in the Middle East in territory controlled by ISIS."

More than 100 members of Congress introduced a resolution in September calling 'atrocities' committed by the Islamic State group against Christians and other religious and ethnic minorities genocide.

Clinton's evening town hall wrapped up her campaign travel for 2015. She'll return to the state for more campaign events on Sunday.


-- (c) Associated Press 2015-12-30

[siam2007]

yep true, if that is not a GENOCIDE then what actually is ?

Muslim extremists are of the same breed as the Nazis.....

[ezzra]

"I will because we now have enough evidence,Clinton replied "

For 2 or more years IS has been lobbing heads off, killing many thousands of innocent people, laying cities and towns to total ruins, enslaving people, stealing oil and looting treasures, and putting pretty much big chunks of this world in fear, and only NOW they have enough evidence....

[Steely Dan]

Perhaps U.S immigration policy can now reflect the crystal clear reality that non-Muslims are in the most danger, so why oh why take but a minuscule number of Yazidis and Christians as refugees but find room for tens of thousands of Somalis?

[Rancid]

Hilary a bit late to the ISIS party, must be polling advice as she certainly wouldn't give a sh*t otherwise.

Of course she made no mention that the genocide wasn't there while the Assad government (warts and all) was in control, before her psychopath war party mates helped ISIS into being to start the whole mess.

[phitsanulokjohn]

Of course I deplore this,but who gave power to what Isis has decended into Mrs C?

[pedro01]

Wow - all the victims must be really happy now that a politician has decided to call this what we all knew it was months ago.

[connda]

Hillery is slipping. She didn't drop the blame on Bashar Al-Assad.

[hugh2121]

Then let's have Donald Trump as president of the world.