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USA: Islamic State is responsible for 'genocide' - John Kerry
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17.03.2016
US Secretary of State John Kerry asserted that “Daesh is responsible for genocide against groups in areas under its control,” during a press conference in Washington, DC on Thursday.
“Daesh is genocidal by self-proclamation, by ideology, and by actions, in what it says, what it believes, and what it does,” stated Kerry, who accused the group of carrying out ‘genocide’ against groups including “Yazidis, Christians and Shia Muslims” as well “in some cases also against Sunni Muslims, Kurds, and other minorities."
The secretary of state acknowledged that the lack of access to key areas in Iraq and Syria was making it difficult for the US to compile a complete record of atrocities, but said his conclusion is based on a plethora of data gathered by the State Department and other agencies.
Kerry’s assertion comes just two days after the US House of Representatives voted unanimously, 393-0, to declare the activities of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) as genocide.
“Daesh is genocidal by self-proclamation, by ideology, and by actions, in what it says, what it believes, and what it does,” stated Kerry, who accused the group of carrying out ‘genocide’ against groups including “Yazidis, Christians and Shia Muslims” as well “in some cases also against Sunni Muslims, Kurds, and other minorities."
The secretary of state acknowledged that the lack of access to key areas in Iraq and Syria was making it difficult for the US to compile a complete record of atrocities, but said his conclusion is based on a plethora of data gathered by the State Department and other agencies.
Kerry’s assertion comes just two days after the US House of Representatives voted unanimously, 393-0, to declare the activities of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) as genocide.
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