Kurdish Bureau Newsletter n° 113 – September 2014 page 1 from 11 Quarterly Newsletter – N° 113 – September 2014 www.kurdishbureau.be - Quai aux Pierres de Taille 11, 1000 Bruxelles – Tel. 02 219 80 60 – 0478 977 882 –www.facebook.com/bureaukurde...
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Kurdish Bureau Newsletter n° 113 – September 2014 page 1 from 11 Quarterly Newsletter – N° 113 – September 2014 www.kurdishbureau.be - Quai aux Pierres de Taille 11, 1000 Bruxelles – Tel. 02 219 80 60 – 0478 977 882 –www.facebook.com/bureaukurde kurdishbureau@scarlet.be IBAN : BE58 3101 2146 2779 BIC : BBRUBEBB IRAQ KURDISTAN GENOCIDE OF THE YEZIDI KURDS On August 2014, the fighters of the Islamist Organiza- tion of IS (Islamic State or Caliphate) attacked the re- gion of Şingal, near Mosul, inhabited by Kurds of Ye- zidi religion, but that depends on the Government of Iraq in Baghdad, not on Kurdistan of Iraq. The reason was that the IS, coming from Syria (see below, informa- tion about Kurdistan of Syria), wanted, initially, to tackle Baghdad, as it is inhabited by a Shiite majority and is the center of Iraqi power. But, when its fighters arrived in Mosul, in northern Iraq, near the Syrian bor- der, the Iraqi soldiers fled immediately, leaving all their heavy weapons! The IS took the
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