Author Topic: The Iraqi children 'drinking their parents' BLOOD to stay alive': How refugees stranded on Mount Sinjar are cutting their hands to save their young  (Read 644 times)

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2723712/Persecuted-Iraqis-chased-ISIS-finally-reach-Syrian-refuge-camp-perilous-trek-border.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

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Horrific stories of 30,000 Yazidis trapped by Islamic State jihadists emerge after 8,000 escape down the mountain
Hundreds of families have made it across border into Turkey and Syria after trekking for days in 45C temperatures
Minority sect has been sent scattering in all directions after Islamic State jihadists stormed their town a week ago
Some families have been forced to pay smugglers to take them through rivers and minefields to make it to safety
Another 130 U.S. troops have arrived in Iraq to assess the crisis facing 30,000 Yazidis trapped on Mount Sinjar
British Government also remained under pressure to consider military intervention to rescue the refugees


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Can the human actually drink blood to get the same needs as water? I would doubt this.


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Can the human actually drink blood to get the same needs as water? I would doubt this.

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Where are some of the Arab/muslim countries, their governments, their armed forces?
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Where are some of the Arab/muslim countries, their governments, their armed forces?

How can Putin remain silent about this?   He could immediately tell everybody to back off and that he was going in to 'rescue' these people and let them go back to their homes.

....and kill a few thousand savages along the way.
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Can the human actually drink blood to get the same needs as water? I would doubt this.

For a short time, yes. The Masai do it all the time. Lancet a cow, drink the blood, then seal the hole again with mud. It's crude, but it works.
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This is unimaginable horror and evil that I have never seen before in my lifetime.  It's like a portal has opened somewhere. 
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This is unimaginable horror and evil that I have never seen before in my lifetime.  It's like a portal has opened somewhere.

You are a gentle woman. Someone I love and respect. I have a couple scars on my wrists.
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You are a gentle woman. Someone I love and respect. I have a couple scars on my wrists.

I can't imagine the things that you have seen, and others here as well.  I think I now understand The Crusades much better.  I hope you're enjoying your retirement EC.   034   
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I can't imagine the things that you have seen, and others here as well.  I think I now understand The Crusades much better.  I hope you're enjoying your retirement EC.   034   

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Honestly - it is boring the pants off me. On the odd occasion I wear them  :whistle:

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