Rukmini Callimachi, foreign correspondent for The New York Times covering Islamic extremism, including Al Qaeda and the Islamic State, talks about her article which details ISIS's use of systematic rape of Yazidi women and girls to control the religious minority.
Here's the widely-read piece @rcallimachi wrote about ISIS militants using rape as a weapon and recruiting tool: http://t.co/LhabdYDGqd
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.@rcallimachi says this is wholesale ethnic cleansing of Yazidi community, who've been targeted by ISIS. Men are executed, women tortured.
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What makes ISIS different: perpetrators are openly discussing rape. "That lack of shame points to something very dark for me" - @rcallimachi
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Recall girls kidnapped by Boko Haram: that was pg 1 news. By contrast there are now 3000+ Yazidis missing + no hashtag, says @rcallimachi.
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