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Clinton accuses ISIS of genocide in Middle East
Former United States Secretary of State and one of the frontrunners for the forthcoming American elections, Hillary Clinton has called the killing of Christians and other religious groups in the Middle East a “genocide” -— a term she had previously been reluctant to use.
“Yes, I will now. I will because we now have enough evidence,” Clinton told a man during a town hall meeting at Berlin High School, when asked whether she would join the Pope and other religious and political leaders in using the term.
“What is happening is genocide. Deliberately aimed at destroying not only the lives but wiping out the existence of Christians and other religious minorities in the Middle East in territories controlled by ISIS, and so I agree with you,” she explained.
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Clinton said she had been asked to use the term a few months ago, but declined then.
“I said, you know that term carries with it, legal import. It’s a very important concept and label for behavior that deserves that name. And I said we are only beginning to see this and I’m not sure yet we have enough evidence,” she said, “I’m sure now we have enough evidence.”
It could be recalled that in July, Pope Francis used the term “genocide” to describe the killing of Christians in the Middle East.
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