Here's Why ISIS Is Targeting Yazidi People

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The Yazidi people have faced a reign of terror and mass killings by ISIS for their religious beliefs. So who are the Yazidi people?

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The Guardian: Who are the Yazidis and why is Isis hunting them?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/07/who-yazidi-isis-iraq-religion-ethnicity-mountains

The Atlantic: The Yazidis, a People Who Fled
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/08/the-yazidis-a-people-who-fled/375964/

Reuters: Two mass graves of Iraq's Yazidi minority found near Mosul: official
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-graves-idUSKBN13M075

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