Yazidis fear annihilation after Iraq bombings

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Source: reuters



Yazidis fear annihilation after Iraq bombings

By Peter Graff 2 hours, 9 minutes ago

KAHTANIYA, Iraq (Reuters) - Angry members of a minority sect in Iraq said on Thursday they feared annihilation after scores were killed in possibly the worst suicide bomb attack of the four-year conflict.


Frail clay houses in the centre of Kahtaniya, one of two villages targeted on Tuesday by garbage trucks packed with explosives, were flattened for several blocks.

Chunks of concrete and twisted aluminum lay in the street beside the destroyed homes of hundreds of Yazidis, a minority sect regarded by Sunni militants as infidels.
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"Their aim is to annihilate us, to create trouble and kill all the Yazidis because we are not Muslims," said Abu Saeed, a grey-bearded old man in Kahtaniya.

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[Frances]

4. Saddam was a horrible man,

but we shouldn't have toppled him without having a really good plan to prevent this sectarian violence.

[maxsolomon]

7. such as leaving the baathists in place

but remove the authoritarian & his clan from the top.

but paul bremer knew better.

[maxsolomon]

5. demonstrably, the Yazidis were better off with Saddam in power

they were alive.

how many more till america swallows its pride, gets out, & admits IT DOESN'T KNOW WHAT IT'S DOING?

sometimes i think bush is a perfect president for us: an immature narcissist to lead an immature, narcissistic nation.

and r.e. the islam bashing: :popcorn:.

[Barrett808]

6. And though officialdom won't admit it, the US was better off with Saddam in power

Containment was always the better policy.