Holding Islamic State Terrorists Accountable for the Yazidi Genocide in Iraq

Holding Islamic State Terrorists Accountable for the Yazidi Genocide in Iraq
The sun sets as women visit a Yazidi shrine overlooking at Kankhe Camp for the internally displaced in Dahuk, northern Iraq, on May 18, 2016. AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo
Austin Bay
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In early May, the U.N. released a report updating its investigation into the horrid crimes perpetrated by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria terrorists against almost every group in northern Iraq and eastern Syria. The goal of the investigation is bold—to hold accountable the ISIS thugs who committed the atrocities.

Austin Bay
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Austin Bay is a colonel (ret.) in the U.S. Army Reserve, author, syndicated columnist, and teacher of strategy and strategic theory at the University of Texas–Austin. His latest book is “Cocktails from Hell: Five Wars Shaping the 21st Century.”
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