Convenient Genocide: Another Failed War to Re-Arrange the Middle East | Ramzy Baroud

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Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust

Sept. 18, 2014

A few months ago, not many Americans, in fact Europeans as well, knew that a Yazidi sect in fact existed in northwest Iraq.

Even in the Middle East itself, the Yazidis and their way of life have been an enigma, shrouded by mystery and mostly grasped through stereotypes and fictitious evidence. Yet in no time, the fate of the Yazidis became a rally cry for another U.S.-led Iraq military campaign.

It was not a surprise that the small Iraqi minority found itself a target for fanatical Islamic State (IS) militants, who had reportedly carried out unspeakable crimes against Yazidis, driving them to Dohuk, Irbil and other northern Iraqi regions. According to UN and other groups, 40,000 Yazidi had been stranded on Mount Sinjar, awaiting imminent “genocide” if the United States and other powers didn’t take action to save them.

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1. "Israel was carrying out a genocide against Palestinians in Gaza..."

Waits a few paragraphs this time - though got the word in the title!