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ISIS mass execution survivor: "I didn't want to make a sound" - CBS News - 0 views

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execution ISIS control kurds war trapped middle East

shared by wmaley on 11 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • The U.S. airstrikes in Iraq that began a month ago saved thousands of refugees
  • Mount Sinjar
  • topped the ISIS advance on the Kurdish capital of Erbil.
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  • with its own military called the Peshmerga
  • Kurdistan
  • Kirkuk is the gateway to Iraq's oil fields.
  • the American air campaign means ISIS can't mass its forces or move with any speed.
  • Thanks to the U.S. airstrikes, the Peshmerga are now on the offensive
  • moving toward Mosul which is an occupied city of more than a million and a half people.
  • The Kurds are asking the White House for tanks and artillery, to break lines like this.
    • wmaley
      wmaley on 11 Sep 14
       
      will the long commitment be worth it end the end, or should the government strategize another solution?
  • Electricity only shows up once every two days.
  • shortage of medicine.
  • "They control life, clothing, everything in a very harsh way, very strict and very strict punishments," he said.
    • wmaley
      wmaley on 11 Sep 14
       
      they want to instill fear in other people
  • posting those punishments online
  • "When I was hit, I didn't want to make a sound because anyone who made a noise, they'd come over and shoot them in the head," he said.
  • Mosul is like a big prison with limited water and gas,"
  • War is like a bridge - once you're on it, you can't get off until you see it through.
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