இஸ்லாமிய பயங்கரவாதிகள் தாக்குதலில் யாஜிடி மதத்தை சார்ந்த 175 கிராமத்தினர் படுகொலை 500க்கும் மேற்பட்டவர் படுகாயம்

ஈராக்கில் நடந்ததிலேயே மிகவும் மோசமான தற்கொலை தாக்குதலில், இஸ்லாமிய பயங்கரவாதிகள் குர்து இனத்து யாஜிடி மதத்தினரை குறிவைத்து தாக்கினார்கள். குர்து யாஜிடி மதத்தை சார்ந்தவர்கள் கிராமங்கள் இரண்டில் பெட்ரோல் டிரக்குகளில் வந்த இஸ்லாமிய பயங்கரவாதிகள் வெடித்ததில் 175 பேருக்கும் மேல் கொலையுண்டதாக செய்திகள் கூறுகின்றன. 500க்கும் மேற்பட்டவர்கள் படுகாயமடைந்திருக்கிறார்கள்.

சிறுபான்மையினரை இஸ்லாமிய பயங்கரவாதிகள் தாக்குவது இது முதல் முறையல்ல. அதுவும் யாஜிடி மதத்தினரை தாக்குவது இது முதன் முறையல்ல.

குமார் பாண்டியன் குடும்பத்தினர் போன்று இஸ்லாமியரல்லாதவர்கள் என்ற ஒரே காரணத்துக்காக குடும்பம் குடும்பமாக கொல்லப்பட்ட இந்த யாஜிடி மதத்தினருக்காக அஞ்சலி செலுத்துகிறேன்.

Bombings Take High Toll in Villages Around Mosul

Who Are The Yazidis?
Yazidi is a pre-Islamic religious sect making up 30 percent of the population in and around Mosul. The group, also found in other areas of the Middle East including Iran, Turkey, Armenia and Syria — and in Russia — is made up primarily of ethnic Kurds. Estimates indicate there are fewer than 500,000, and possibly even fewer than 100,000, Yazidis across the globe. The rejection that evil and the devil exist is one the central principles of the group.

NPR.org, August 14, 2007 · Multiple truck bombings west of Mosul on Tuesday claimed at least 175 lives and left at least 200 people wounded, Iraqi police and Interior Ministry officials said.

Local emergency services officials tell NPR — unofficially — that as many as 500 could be wounded and that the toll could rise.

The attacks struck three villages west of Mosul that are home to the Yazidis, an ancient minority sect.

The bombs tore through the districts near Qahataniya, 75 miles west of Mosul, Iraq's third-largest city, said Abdul-Rahman al-Shimiri, the top government official in the area, and Iraq army Capt. Mohammed Ahmed.

Al-Shimiri and Ahmed said at least 30 homes were destroyed in the bombings.

"This is a terrorist act and the people targeted are poor Yazidis who have nothing to do with the armed conflict," said Dhakil Qassim, mayor of Sinjar, a town near where the attacks occurred.

Earlier, a truck bomb destroyed a bridge connecting Baghdad with the northern cities of Iraq, killing 10 people.

Insurgents had set off explosives on the bridge before, but this time the damage was permanent. The blast echoed through the town of Taji, 12 miles north of Baghdad and sent the remaining lanes and three civilian cars crashing into the Tigris River. In addition to the 10 deaths, at least eight people were injured.

Police reported the discovery of 15 unidentified bodies dumped in different parts of Baghdad, and the U.S. military announced the deaths of four more American soldiers on Monday.

Three were killed in a single explosion in northwestern Nineweh Province, while a fourth was killed during combat in western Baghdad.

The U.S. military said about 16,000 U.S. and Iraqi troops have begun a new operation in the north of Iraq aimed at insurgents who left their former strongholds in Baquba, north of Baghdad, because of sustained military operations in the area.

From NPR Reports and The Associated Press


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