Say iraqi officials. It’s probably 500, in fact. The people in the area are begging for help as the mass murder turns into a refugee crisis. This is the largest terror attack on the planet Earth since 9-11-01.
“People are in shock. Hospitals here are running out of medicine. The pharmacies are empty. We need food, medicine and water otherwise there will be an even greater catastrophe,” said Abdul-Rahim al-Shimari, mayor of the Baaj district which includes the Yazidi villages hit by at least four suicide truck bombs Tuesday night. The region is in northwest Iraq, near the Syrian border.
He said rescue workers buried 30 more unidentified bodies in a mass grave in Qahtaniya on Thursday. The mayor said at least 250 families were left homeless.
Qassim Khalaf, a 40-year-old government worker, was crying while he spoke by telephone from Qahtaniya.
“We call upon the United Nations to protect the Yazidis because the Iraqi government is in hibernation. Right now, I can see some bodies still partially buried under the rubble. Hundreds of local volunteers are still working in the rescue operations,” he said. “Eighty percent of the village was destroyed or damaged. Just awhile ago, we pulled the body of a 7-year old girl out of the debris.”
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