UN says extremists resort to rape as war tactic

A new report by the United Nations has revealed that rape has been turned into a tactic of war in the hands of Takfiri terror groups such as IS and Boko Haram

A new report by the United Nations has revealed that rape has been turned into a tactic of war in the hands of Takfiri terror groups such as IS and Boko Haram.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in the world body’s annual report that the year 2014 saw “harrowing accounts of rape and forced marriage being used by extremist groups, including as a tactic of terror.”

According to the review, sexual assaults in Iraq, Syria and Nigeria do not occur incidentally, but are “integrally linked to strategic objectives, ideology and funding of extremist groups.”

The UN report listed IS and Boko Haram Takfiri terrorists along with 11 other groups as the parties that resort to sexual violence.

Boko Haram, which controls part of the northeastern Nigeria, recently declared allegiance to the ISIL Takfiri group, which is perpetrating heinous crimes against humanity in areas under its control in Iraq, Syria, and Libya.