Isis mass graves:Iraqi forensic teams recover remains of 1,700 military cadets slaughtered (Graphic)

[Jefferson23]

Full title: Isis mass graves: Iraqi forensic teams recover remains of 1,700 military cadets slaughtered by militants near Tikrit

Patrick Cockburn April 7, 2015

Mass graves containing the bodies of 1,700 Iraqi military cadets who were slaughtered by Isis fighters last June are being opened by Iraqi forensic teams who have gained access to them since the capture of the nearby city of Tikrit.

Blue-suited forensic teams were shown by Iraqi television digging in an open area, helped by bulldozers, as family members stood nearby.

As bodies were recovered, they were labelled with yellow tags while weeping soldiers and relatives lit candles and laid flowers alongside the covered remains. One clip showed unearthed skeletal remains wearing combat boots that were still intact. The Tikrit area is still insecure with some Isis fighters holding out in the north of the city and the forensic workers were guarded by Iraqi government soldiers as they began their work.

The unarmed cadets from the base at Camp Speicher were taken prisoner by Isis forces as they swept through northern and western Iraq during their blitzkrieg advance after the declaration of an “Islamic State” last year.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-mass-graves-iraqi-forensic-teams-recover-remains-of-1700-military-cadets-slaughtered-by-militants-near-tikrit-10160883.html

[AuntPatsy]

1. Humanity once again forsaken for our basic animal instinct motto of kill or be killed...

Basically some countries Make it easier to feed these urges of whatever drives one to take a life, just because our country makes it slightly harder does not lessen our own guilty population who breed on hate rather than on compassion and if given the right circumstances would themselves be doing similar horrors towards those they have no love, understanding or sympathy for.....

[quadrature]

2. did the cadets just give up?...nt

[Jefferson23]

3. What do you mean, just give up? n/t

[quadrature]

4. umm.. did the cadets obey

orders and stand in line to get shot?

or did they try to fight back?

[Jefferson23]

5. I'm not sure I can answer your question.

snip* The photos go on to show a grim slide show of men described in taunting captions as soldiers caught “trying to flee the battles in civilian clothing.” Bloodied corpses stain the ground in at least five different locations, and several of the photos document firing squads garlanded with the black ISIS flag preparing to kill scores of handcuffed men packed in shallow graves.

“Liquidation of the herds of the Safavid arm,” states one caption, a reference to an Iranian dynasty and, by extension, Shi‘ites. “They are lions with the weak, but in wars they are ostriches,” says another caption laid over a group of terrified, handcuffed men forced to stand with their heads bent toward their knees. It is a message designed to capitalize on Sunni resentment over the hardhanded tactics of the Shi‘ite-dominated government in Baghdad. The carnage goes on for 25 frames; in some it looks as if the militants are killing their victims with brand new weapons, possibly the soldiers’ own guns — if they are indeed soldiers.

http://time.com/2878718/isis-claims-massacre-of-1700-iraqis/