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PHOTO EXHIBIT MARKS 6TH ANNIVERSARY OF YAZIDI COMMUNITY BOMBINGS IN IRAQ
Narek Aleksanyan
http://hetq.am/eng/news/28702/photo-exhibit-marks-6th-anniversary-of-yazidi-community-bombings-in-iraq.html
16:48, August 14, 2013
Today, In Yerevan's Mashtots Park, a photo exhibition took place
marking the August 14 2007 suicide bombings in the Yazidi towns of
Kahtaniya and Jazeera, Iraq.
Iraqi Red Crescent's estimates say the bombs killed 796 and wounded
1,562 people. Some estimates place the number killed in the coordinated
attacks around 1,000.
The attacks are considered the second deadliest act of terrorism
in history, following only behind the September 11 attacks in the
United States.
Exhibit organizers say the Yazidi community in Iraq today is also
under constant attack due to national and religious sectarianism.
One of the organizers, Boris Tamoyan, says they have been petitioning
Armenian authorities for support for the past two months, but with
little result. Tamoyan says officials are only interested in the
community come election time.
Narek Aleksanyan
http://hetq.am/eng/news/28702/photo-exhibit-marks-6th-anniversary-of-yazidi-community-bombings-in-iraq.html
16:48, August 14, 2013
Today, In Yerevan's Mashtots Park, a photo exhibition took place
marking the August 14 2007 suicide bombings in the Yazidi towns of
Kahtaniya and Jazeera, Iraq.
Iraqi Red Crescent's estimates say the bombs killed 796 and wounded
1,562 people. Some estimates place the number killed in the coordinated
attacks around 1,000.
The attacks are considered the second deadliest act of terrorism
in history, following only behind the September 11 attacks in the
United States.
Exhibit organizers say the Yazidi community in Iraq today is also
under constant attack due to national and religious sectarianism.
One of the organizers, Boris Tamoyan, says they have been petitioning
Armenian authorities for support for the past two months, but with
little result. Tamoyan says officials are only interested in the
community come election time.