ISIS Militants Anticipating 'Slave Market Day' To Buy and Sell Yazidi Girl Slaves [VIDEO]
A video allegedly showing Islamic State of Iraq and Syria militants haggling over the price of Yazidi girls on "slave market day." Amnesty International has previously reported in September that ISIS militants were turning captured Yazidi girls into slaves. The organisation claimed ISIS fighters were abusing hundreds, if not thousands of Yazidi women and children. According to reports, it was in October when ISIS publicly admitted enslaving the women in Dabiq magazine.
In the latest video, the cameraman announced it was time for "slave market day" and informed viewers that each of the ISIS fighters will receive their "fair share." The extremists can be heard haggling over the price of girls. One fighter insists he will pay more for a blue-eyed Yazidi girl while another man said he wanted a 15-year-old girl with green eyes. One militant was interested in trading his slave for a Glock gun.
The Independent said while there was difficulty in verifying the men's nationalities, it is believed they came from Saudi Arabia based on their accents. Their discussion also suggested they were talking about a market located in the Iraqi town of Mosul. Charlie Winter, extremism campaign advocate from the Quilliam Foundation, said he was surprised when he first saw the video. He observed that the video was not a propaganda video but shows how comfortable ISIS fighters have become.
Meanwhile, ISIS has killed more than 300 members of the Sunni tribe in the western Anbar province in Iraq including several women and children. According to official government reports, the dead bodies were dumped in a well. The recent mass killings were considered one of the worst tragedies of bloodshed in Iraq. The Albu Nimr, also members of the Sunni tribe, had resisted ISIS forces for weeks before they were overrun due to lack of ammunition and resources.
Iraq's Human Rights Ministry has confirmed last November 2 that the bodies of some 50 women and children of the tribe were dumped in the well. Sheik Naeemal-Gaoud, one of the tribal leaders, told Reuters that he had appealed to the government to provide his men with weapons but received no reply. State television reported that Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi ordered airstrikes against ISIS around the town of Hit in retaliation to the mass killings.
(Source: YouTube/AlAaanTV)