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| Rosalinda, 4, with her uncle (Courtesy of The Sunday Times). |
The
following excerpts are from AINA.org:
Iraqis
have sounded the alarm over the fate of small children kidnapped by
the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant group, saying
they were either used as "human shields" or victims for
"human trafficking."
Steven
Nabil, a popular Iraqi activist on Facebook, helped an Iraqi
Christian woman disseminate her plea via a video for "good
Iraqis" to bring back her three-year-old daughter Christina
Abada.
...In
an additional case, another Iraqi citizen expressed concern about the
fate of his kidnapped 4-year-old niece, saying she is being used by
ISIS as a human shield.
Mirze
Ezdin, an Iraqi lawyer, told The Sunday Times he was terrified for
the future of his niece Rosalinda, 4, who is among an estimated 3,000
children and women believed to be held hostage as "human
shields" in the ISIS-controlled border town of Tal'Afar.
The
uncle also fears for his other 45 relatives who were also snatched by
the militant group.
Last
week, Ezdin's family told The Sunday Times of the horrors inflicted
on their children and wives. The family said their relatives lived
under 24-hour house arrest in a town transformed into an open prison.
The
family also described to the daily the terror of rape, of concerns
that young girls were being sold into sex slavery, of little boys
being taught to kill and of babies dying from malnutrition.
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Iraqis Fear ISIS Using Small Children As 'Human Shields, Trafficking'
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