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Yezidis face murder, slavery threats in Iraq - Armenian NGO chief
14:42 * 26.08.14
The head of an Armenian NGO of Yezidis on Tuesday voiced his strong
concerns about the situation of their Iraqi compatriots.
Commenting on the ISIS militants' operations against the Yezidis' in
northern Iraq, Sayid Avdalyan, the president of the Association of
Young Yezidis, said he believes that the terrorist group has set a
real goal to exterminate those people. He said that thousands of
Yezidis are now hiding in refugee camps whose whereabouts are known
also to the Islamists.
"The Yezidis are forced to either accept Islam or be subjected to
pogroms. This is the 74th genocide of Yezidis" Avdalyan told a news
conference, noting that the choice of methods is comparable to what
happened during the Armenians Genocide in Ottoman Turkey.
"Yezidi men are killed immediately. while women are kidnapped to be
sold on the black market," he said.
Sargis Grigoryan, an orientalist also attending the news conference,
noted that the ISIS group, which has declared an Islamic state, is now
heading to Iraq's north to make that country powerful. He said the
Islamist militants are apparently carrying out a pre-arranged plan
which may cause the situation to go beyond control.
Avdalyan said he thinks that the organization was created by the
United States as a result of what he described as a policy of double
standards. "They arm people on the one hand and carry out bombings on
the other," he said, noting that ISIS is the richest terrorist
organization, which sells oil for almost next to nothing with Turkey's
help and the West's permission.
"The group receives its profit from different places, and the money
comes from the US," he said.
Avdalyan added that the Yezidis too, have their share of
responsibility for the massacres that left over 400,000 killed in the
community of 1-1.5 million.
Disagreeing with the remark that the United States arms the Islamist
group, Grigoryan said he is under the impression that ISIS derives its
profit from the sale of oil. "The organization has become a factor,
and it manages to solve different problems, sending a challenge to
Syria and Iraq," he added.
As for the Islamists' plan to create a Kurdish state, the expert said
he thinks the idea inevitable but not feasible in the nearest future.
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: Baghdasarian
14:42 * 26.08.14
The head of an Armenian NGO of Yezidis on Tuesday voiced his strong
concerns about the situation of their Iraqi compatriots.
Commenting on the ISIS militants' operations against the Yezidis' in
northern Iraq, Sayid Avdalyan, the president of the Association of
Young Yezidis, said he believes that the terrorist group has set a
real goal to exterminate those people. He said that thousands of
Yezidis are now hiding in refugee camps whose whereabouts are known
also to the Islamists.
"The Yezidis are forced to either accept Islam or be subjected to
pogroms. This is the 74th genocide of Yezidis" Avdalyan told a news
conference, noting that the choice of methods is comparable to what
happened during the Armenians Genocide in Ottoman Turkey.
"Yezidi men are killed immediately. while women are kidnapped to be
sold on the black market," he said.
Sargis Grigoryan, an orientalist also attending the news conference,
noted that the ISIS group, which has declared an Islamic state, is now
heading to Iraq's north to make that country powerful. He said the
Islamist militants are apparently carrying out a pre-arranged plan
which may cause the situation to go beyond control.
Avdalyan said he thinks that the organization was created by the
United States as a result of what he described as a policy of double
standards. "They arm people on the one hand and carry out bombings on
the other," he said, noting that ISIS is the richest terrorist
organization, which sells oil for almost next to nothing with Turkey's
help and the West's permission.
"The group receives its profit from different places, and the money
comes from the US," he said.
Avdalyan added that the Yezidis too, have their share of
responsibility for the massacres that left over 400,000 killed in the
community of 1-1.5 million.
Disagreeing with the remark that the United States arms the Islamist
group, Grigoryan said he is under the impression that ISIS derives its
profit from the sale of oil. "The organization has become a factor,
and it manages to solve different problems, sending a challenge to
Syria and Iraq," he added.
As for the Islamists' plan to create a Kurdish state, the expert said
he thinks the idea inevitable but not feasible in the nearest future.
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: Baghdasarian