Another "sey hasht" passes w Sinjar still n ruins, 3 years post liberation On 3/8 I think its impt 2 remember the brave men, women-local Yezidis, YPG- who stayed, defended what they cld of their community when everyone left Their stories of betrayal r forever engrained in my mindpic.twitter.com/oAo9kFWACe
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Another impt thing 2 do on this sad day is think re why so little progress has been made in Sinjar compared 2 other post ISIS areas. While reasons abound I think chief among them is the refusal, inability to make a political deal (mainly Erbil-Baghdad) & utter failure to govern.
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As in the all disputed territories & other issues in greater Iraq & the Kurdistan Region, even when political deals present themselves, leadership consistently fails to seize them, I wrote this about one of these such failures in Sinjar
@WarOnTheRockshttps://warontherocks.com/2016/06/the-wars-after-the-war-for-sinjar-how-washington-can-avert-a-new-civil-war/ …Show this thread -
1 thing almost all Shingalis- & locals fr every area abandoned by Iraqi, Iraqi Kurdish forces- agree on is their demand 4 a greater role n governance, security & distrust of KRG & GOI (1 of the many reasons events lke this
@HudsonInstitute r a big problem)https://www.hudson.org/events/1585-living-with-genocide-four-years-after-isis-attacked82018 …Show this thread -
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@StateDept@USAID & international community want return & reconstruction to minority and all post ISIS liberated areas in#Iraq, they should work on facilitating these political deals, if not, they are pouring water in a sieve.Show this thread -
Last but not least most important to the Yezidi community & key to their ability to move beyond 3/8, is to
#bringbackourgirls & achieve justice for ISIS crimes Here's just 1 of the many stories we heard out there in the weeks after the attack@NawafHaskanhttps://www.thedailybeast.com/hanifas-story-her-five-sisters-taken-by-isis-to-be-sold-or-worse?ref=author …Show this thread
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