"Now we are defending ourselves from the evil; we are
defending all the minorities in the region. We will do whatever is asked
of us." –Capt. Khatoon Khider
(Iraq)—Hundreds
of Iraqi women who were tortured and kept as sex slaves by the Islamic
State have escaped and joined the Kurdish forces to exact revenge on the
terrorist group. (Photo via Fox News)
According to a report from Fox News,
a number of the 2,000 Yazidi women who escaped ISIS after their
mountain stronghold was attacked in August 2014 recently signed up to
fight against the jihadist group. So far, 123 women—dubbed the "Force of
Sun Ladies"—are officially fighting alongside Kurdish Peshmerga forces,
while another 500, ranging in age from 17 to 37, are waiting to be
trained.
"Now we are defending ourselves from the
evil; we are defending all the minorities in the region," said Capt.
Khatoon Khider from the unit's makeshift base in Duhok, Iraq. "We will
do whatever is asked of us.
"We have a lot of our women in [nearby]
Mosul being held as slaves," she added. "Their families are waiting for
them. We are waiting for them. The liberation might help bring them
home."
While
under ISIS captivity, many of the women were ordered to convert to
Islam, subjected to forced marriages and repeatedly raped, while girls
as young as 8 years old were sold as sex slaves. (Photo via Gospel Herald)
Thousands of women starved to death or died
of heatstroke, while a number of others deemed too old or young to be
sold into sex slavery were killed off by the terrorist group.
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Topic: A Growing Force to be Reckoned With: Iraqi Army Gains More Female Fighters Who Have Escaped ISIS’ Slavery
