[Telegraph] Hundreds of Yazidi volunteers are being trained to handle weapons and fight to drive the Islamic State from their homes.
Refugees who fled to Syria to escape the jihadists' onslaught in neighbouring Iraq are joining military training camps run by Kurdish armed factions and forming a volunteer army against the jihadists.
"Until now the Yazidis have always relied on someone else to protect them," said Rostan, 33, the Kurdish commander at the training camp, who refused to give his full name. "Now they are learning to protect themselves."
A Civilian Irregular Defense Group (CIDG), what a novel idea.
| Brilliant idea. Goes against the entire history of Muslim expansion, too. Hopefully it will be applied to the rest of the refugees as well, once it's up and running. Onward Christian soldiers, and all that. |
| You do have to wonder why, after a couple thousand years of persecution, it's only now that the Yazidis are figuring out that they need to be able to fight back. Though there are few better teachers than the Peshmerga... |
| It is forbidden for Untermenschen to defend against attacks by members of Allah's Fave Religion. The punishment has historically been levied on the entire community. |
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