• ISIS/DAESH kidnaps 100 Assyrian Christians, rest flee in terror from a village in northern Syria
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[quote]Assyrians in northeastern Syria villages awoke Tuesday to ISIS militants at their doors, with the Islamist extremists abducting scores from the Christian group and forcing hundreds more to run for their lives, an advocate said. [B]The ISIS fighters burst past a few men guarding the village of Tal Shamiram at about 4 a.m. (9 p.m. ET Monday) and abducted children, women and the elderly, said Usama Edward, founder of the Assyrian Human Rights Network.[/B] Talking to CNN from Stockholm, Sweden, Edward said that[B] between 70 and 100 people were kidnapped[/B] in that village and others in the same cluster near Tal Tamer. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that ISIS had abducted 90 Assyrians. "Reliable sources" told the London-based monitoring organization that they'd overheard ISIS militants talking on wireless devices about [B]having detained "56 crusaders" in Tal Shamiram alone.[/B] In the village of Ghibsh, [B]ISIS executed two citizens for "dealing with the Kurds,"[/B] the Syrian Observatory reported. Syrian Kurdish fighters -- who are part of the People's Protection Units, or YPGs, and affiliated with Kurdish fighters out of Iraq -- are among those battling the Islamist extremist group. About [B]700 Assyrian families managed to escape the onslaught, with 600 taking up refuge in St. Mary's Cathedral in al-Hasakah, Syria,[/B] Edward said. The Assyrians lack food, water, blankets and other necessities after years of being in the middle of a civil war. [B]"They are facing a possible massacre by the (Syrian) regime and by ISIS,"[/B] Edward said. "Everyone is fighting everyone else. They are surrounded."[/quote] [url]http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/24/world/isis-syria-iraq/index.html[/url]
I hope some manner of military rescues them, though perhaps such is a vain hope.
[QUOTE=TheNerdPest14;47207953]I hope some manner of military rescues them, though perhaps such is a vain hope.[/QUOTE] The Kurds have no ability to, the Assad government wouldn't care if they died, Turkey doesn't want to involve itself and no Western nation is willing to set a single boot on the ground, even if it's to save their own let alone local Syrian citizens.
The number is now estimated to be 150+
What I don't get right, is why there's drone wars in Pakistan and Yemen, yet we haven't gone Skynet on ISIS.
[QUOTE=Rapscallion92;47210363]What I don't get right, is why there's drone wars in Pakistan and Yemen, yet we haven't gone Skynet on ISIS.[/QUOTE] Because unlike bombarding donkey farmers that use rocks and explosives, ISIS has actual military hardware and more then enough knowhow to shoot them down. Like every conflict, things have to get worse before they get better. It's a sad thruth but one that history has always shown to be true.
[QUOTE=MendozaMan;47210465]Because unlike bombarding donkey farmers that use rocks and explosives, ISIS has actual military hardware and more then enough knowhow to shoot them down. Like every conflict, things have to get worse before they get better. It's a sad thruth but one that history has always shown to be true.[/QUOTE] *for the winning side
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;47208299]The Kurds have no ability to, the Assad government wouldn't care if they died, Turkey doesn't want to involve itself and no Western nation is willing to set a single boot on the ground, even if it's to save their own let alone local Syrian citizens.[/QUOTE] Assad has been helpful to the Christian minority in the past. Why do you think he doesn't care? He may have his hands tied up in the civil war and may not have the resources to go after them, but that is different to apathy.
[QUOTE=Coppermoss;47210912]Assad has been helpful to the Christian minority in the past. Why do you think he doesn't care? He may have his hands tied up in the civil war and may not have the resources to go after them, but that is different to apathy.[/QUOTE] The article states that he's been at odds with them.
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;47211233]The article states that he's been at odds with them.[/QUOTE] Just read the article. It's a sad predicament for the Assyrian refugees and surprising since the Syrian government used to be accommodating to minor religions but I guess not being actively persecuted doesn't mean they like you.
Hope some 1 does something
realistically, those folks are as good as dead. ISIS/DAESH have a huge beef with christians, and to them that's essentially the highest form of heresy extremism is fucked
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