Ο αντιπτέραρχος Κασίμ αλ Μασάουι είπε ότι επρόκειτο για ένα ρωσικής κατασκευής ελικόπτερο, αλλά δεν έδωσε άλλες λεπτομέρειες σχετικά με το ατύχημα.
Δεκάδες χιλιάδες Γιαζίντι έχουν εγκαταλείψει τις εστίες τους μετά την εισβολή των τζιχαντιστών του Ισλαμικού Κράτους και το τελεσίγραφό τους να ασπαστούν το Ισλάμ ή να πεθάνουν....
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Helicopter crashes while delivering aid to refugees in Iraq...
ReplyDeleteAn Iraqi politician who helped bring attention to the plight of besieged members of the Yazidi community has been injured in the crash of a helicopter delivering aid.
The pilot was killed when the helicopter, overloaded with rescued Yazidis, crashed during take-off on Mount Sinjar.
Yazidi MP Vian Dakhil was injured in the crash.
Her emotional appeal in parliament on the plight of people stranded on the mountain made her the public voice of her community.
A New York Times journalist also sustained non-life threatening injuries in the crash, the paper said.
It comes after UN rights monitors called for the global community to take urgent action to avoid a potential genocide against the Yazidi community in Iraq.......................http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0812/636557-iraq/