Yezidi News
Fear and mistrust plague Iraq’s Mosul
By Tim Cocks MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Falah Mohammed peered over his shoulder as he spoke of how militants threatened to kill him and his family unless he quit his government job. “It wasn’t worth the risk after the third …
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Iraq factions join against Kurd oil deals
BAGHDAD, (UPI) — A majority of Iraq’s parliamentarians have signed an agreement against Iraqi Kurds’ moves to unilaterally develop the oil sector and control oil-rich Kirkuk. The new agreement between a dozen political factions in Iraq also aligns one-time opponents …
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Iraq’s reviled Yazidi minority look to Kurdish region for protection
Author: PAUL SCHEMM Associated Press Publication: Associated Press Archive Iraq’s embattled Yazidi minority, the target of the worst single terrorist attack since the U.S.-led invasion, now is looking to the Kurdish regional government for protection. In August, four suicide truck bombs …
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Turkish military moving into Iraq will put minorities under severe risk
www.minorityrights.org Turkish military action in the Kurdish Region of northern Iraq will put the lives of Iraqi minorities, who are already facing violence and persecution, at severe risk, Minority Rights Group International (MRG) warned on Thursday. A large proportion of …
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Violence flares in northern Iraq
BAGHDAD (UPI) — A suicide bomber in northwestern Iraq targeting the home of a tribal leader killed 10 civilians and injured 11 others, police said. Police told Kuwait’s KUNA news agency the apparent intended victim, tribal leader Kanaan al-Shimari was …
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Report: Iraqis Losing Religious Freedom
By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Religious freedom has sharply deteriorated in Iraq over the past year because of the insurgency and violence targeting people of specific faiths, despite the U.S. military buildup intended to improve …
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U.S. Army Says Mastermind Of Iraqi Yezidi Attacks Killed
A car lies under debris in the Yezidi village of Qataniyah in northeastern Iraq on August 15 (AFP) September 9, 2007 — The U.S. military says its forces have killed a militant linked to Al-Qaeda who masterminded attacks that claimed …
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Yazidi Bombing Mastermind Killed
MOSUL, Iraq (UPI) — The al-Qaida militant thought to have masterminded the bombings of the Yazidi sect in northwestern Iraq has been killed, authorities said Sunday. Military officials said Abu Muhammad al-Afri, who also used several aliases, was killed in …
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Hard lessons from soft targets
August was supposed to be the month that everything would start to come good in Iraq. After four years of bloodshed and political chaos, the White House believed its joint strategy of beefing up its security operation, while encouraging the …
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Rescue operation in full force after Iraq truck bombings
August 16, 2007 Mujahed Mohammed AFP TAL AFAR & BAGHDAD — UPDATE: More than 400 people were slaughtered in four suicide truck bomb attacks in northern Iraq, targeting the ancient Yazidi religious sect, a senior interior ministry official said Thursday.”More than …
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