BREAKING VIDEO for the BOG from an entry posted to the White House Blog:

[freshwest]

2. DW video post Saddam story, despite the date. Kurdistan is nothing like what I expected.

Last edited Sat Aug 9, 2014, 11:38 PM - Edit history (2)

Iraqi Christians in Peril | Faith Matters

Published on Feb 5, 2013

Abbot Gabriel works with Christian refugees in northern Iraq. Joseph Yunis is one of them. He was kidnapped by Islamist terrorists and only released after a ransom of 20,000 dollars was paid. He and his family have now fled from Mosul.

Read more:

http://www.dw.de/program/faith-matters/s-3952-9798

So here it more. I'm getting rather disturbed at the content of these videos. I see no reason to doubt what is going on, but it's different seeing the real people this is happening to and the area they live in. Now things are worse, as ISIS likely won't leave Kurdistan alone, they are on their way to Syria and beyond. And it's not a vacant desert, that's for sure.