ISIL mass graves

Stuff reports:

Surrounded by smoke and flames, the sound of gunshots echoing around him, the young man crouched in the creek for hours, listening to the men in his family die.

On the other side of the mountain, another survivor peered through binoculars as the handcuffed men of neighbouring villages were shot and then buried by a waiting bulldozer. For six days he watched as the extremists filled one grave after another with his friends and relatives.

Between them, the two scenes of horror on Sinjar mountain contain six burial sites and the bodies of more than 100 people, just a small fraction of the mass graves Islamic State extremists have scattered across Iraq and Syria.

The Associated Press has documented and mapped 72 of the mass graves, the most comprehensive survey so far, with many more expected to be uncovered as the Islamic State group’s territory shrinks.

In Syria, AP has obtained locations for 17 mass graves, including one with the bodies of hundreds of members of a single tribe all but exterminated when Isis extremists took over their region.

Many of those killed were Yazidis. They were slaughtered just because of their religion. Those not slaughtered are raped or enslaved.

On a smaller scale you can compare ISIL to the Nazis. Both had doctrines of superiority and both tried to wipe out entire populations based on their religion.

Hopefully one day the senior leadership of ISIL will face trial for their crimes.