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Islamic State holds about 3500 slaves in Iraq, UN says

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New York: The United Nations has revealed details of the "staggering civilian death toll in Iraq" over the past two years and estimated some 3500 Iraqis continue to be held captive as "slaves", since the Islamic State's insurgency flared at the beginning of 2014. In a new report this week, the UN said the jihadists' captives included many women and girls from the persecuted Yazidi sect...

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