Lets try to reveal ISIS to the inquisitive.
Some one was saying that the children are being killed by drones, however there is nothing documented to show that children were targeted. But truth is not the concern...these folks are in the 'know', and how they know only god knows...lets see who is doing the killing for kicks.
THE APPALLING treatment of captured women and girls in Islamic State territory has been laid bare in a shocking testimony to the UN.
Zainab Bangura, the UN’s special representative on sexual violence in conflict, recently toured refugee camps in the Middle East and returned with horror stories told by the victims of the terror group’s evil.
“They are institutionalising sexual violence,†she told the Middle East Eye. “The brutalisation of women and girls is central to their ideology.â€
She told of how “pretty virgins†were captured by jihadists after they conquer new areas.
After attacking a village, IS fighters kill all men and boys over 14 and capture the youngest, prettiest virgins, which are sent to their stronghold, Raqqa.
“They often take three or four girls each and keep them for a month or so, until they grow tired of a girl, when she goes back to market.
“At slave auctions, buyers haggle fiercely, driving down prices by disparaging girls as flat-chested or unattractive.
“We heard about one girl who was traded 22 times, and another, who had escaped, told us that the sheik who had captured her wrote his name on the back of her hand to show that she was his ‘property’.â€
It is estimated that between 3,000 and 5,000 women are enslaved by IS. Most of the slaves are women from the Yazidi minority, who are persecuted as “devil worshippers†by jihadists.
Bangura said “They commit rape, sexual slavery, forced prostitution and other acts of extreme brutality.
“We heard one case of a 20-year-old girl who was burned alive because she refused to perform an extreme sex act.â€
Yazidi refugees celebrating news of the liberation of their homeland of Sinjar from IS extremists on November 13, 2015. Photo by John Moore/Getty Images.
Yazidi refugees celebrating news of the liberation of their homeland of Sinjar from IS extremists on November 13, 2015. Photo by John Moore/Getty Images.Source:Getty Images
And it appears IS does not discriminate when it comes to meting out brutal treatment to women, whether captured or recruited.
Last week it was revealed Austrian schoolgirl Samra Kesinovic had likely been beaten to death after changing her mind about her life in the so-called caliphate and trying to escape. She had fled Austria to marry and IS fighter and had quickly fallen pregnant to him, according to some reports.
The fate of her friend Sabina Selimovic, who travelled with Samra to Syria last year, is not known, though there are grave fears for her.
Counter-extremism think tank the Institute for Strategic Dialogue analysed the accounts of the women who discussed what life is really like under Islamic State rule.
Its report, Becoming Mulan? Female Western Migrants to ISIS, reveals life is tough for those who move to IS controlled areas with some attracted to the “image of the jihadist soldier with the wind in his hairâ€.
The story of the Austrian teens is far from rare.
The UN specialist called for international assistance in providing proper medical and “psychosocial†support for survivors who escaped from the clutches of Islamists.
She said that being able to help these women rebuild their lives would “strip victory away†from the militants.
“This is precisely what IS does not want,†says Bangura.
“It can be a kind of vengeance, helping these women recover and giving them a path to thrive.â€
- This article originally appeared in The Sun.
Samra Kesinovic joined IS but is believed to have been brutally killed after changing her mind.
Samra Kesinovic joined IS but is believed to have been brutally killed after changing her mind.Source:australscope
