No humanity in the West’s response to Isil

The genocide of Jews in the last world war was one of the greatest atrocities ever recorded.

No humanity in the West’s response to Isil

Was it much worse than the massacre of refugees currently taking place between Isil militants and Kurdish fighters at the town of Kobane near the Syrian/Turkish border?

Amin Fajar (38) a father of four who fled from Kobane to Suruc reported he had seen tens, maybe hundreds, of beheaded bodies and others had their hands or legs missing. He had seen faces with eyes or tongues cut out, a spectacle he will never forget. Another refugee, Belal Shahin described how Isil came into the villages, beheaded people and animals and took away the girls and animals leaving nothing.

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