'One by one, the girls died' (Life Under ISIS)

[TomSea]

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'One by one, the girls died'

Members of Iraq's Shia Turkmen community have been the targets of brutal persecution by so-called Islamic State (IS). One woman, who asked not to be named, told BBC Turkish's Mahmut Hamsici about her ordeal at the hands of militants from the Sunni jihadist group.

Warning: Some readers may find details of this story upsetting

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I am a Shia Turkmen and my husband is a Sunni Arab. He was an imam and a well-respected person in our community. The mosque where he would lead the prayers was just next to our house.

We didn't know who was a Sunni and who was a Shia before. Nobody would talk about that. There wasn't any kind of hostility in our community.

Read more at: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41594012

[ConstitutionRose]

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It amazes and frightens me that so many people do not understand what IS really is.

[Fishrrman]

This is why, in another post, I proffered that no isis "prisoners" be taken.
They should be shot, hands up or down.

The message to others should be that once you join isis, you are a dead man insofar as the civilized world is concerned. If not killed in battle, you will be put down like a rabid dog once we capture you.

Harsh? Of course.
How else should these animals be treated?