Iraqi residents flee Kurdish capital
- 10 years ago
They've left their homes and are fleeing for their lives from the militant Islamic State.
These Christians are some of the tens of thousands of Iraqis who don't follow Islam, who've been threatened with death by the militant fighters if they don't abandon their faith.
They're orginially from Mosul but the militants seized that area back in June so they fled to the nearby Kurdish capital Arbil, where they were protected by Peshmerga fighters.
But the Kurdish forces trying to resist the Islamists are now in retreat.
So they've come here to Baghdad, sleeping outdoors for days. They say they can't run any more.
(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) SHABAK WOMAN DISPLACED FROM MOSUL, UMM RAJAB, SAYING:
"We have been in camps for three months now. The attack took place at 12 o'clock (mid-day) and we came on foot to Khazer checkpoint and then this vehicle brought us here. We have stopped here because there is nowhere to go. There is no place to go to and no money to rent a
These Christians are some of the tens of thousands of Iraqis who don't follow Islam, who've been threatened with death by the militant fighters if they don't abandon their faith.
They're orginially from Mosul but the militants seized that area back in June so they fled to the nearby Kurdish capital Arbil, where they were protected by Peshmerga fighters.
But the Kurdish forces trying to resist the Islamists are now in retreat.
So they've come here to Baghdad, sleeping outdoors for days. They say they can't run any more.
(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) SHABAK WOMAN DISPLACED FROM MOSUL, UMM RAJAB, SAYING:
"We have been in camps for three months now. The attack took place at 12 o'clock (mid-day) and we came on foot to Khazer checkpoint and then this vehicle brought us here. We have stopped here because there is nowhere to go. There is no place to go to and no money to rent a