Islamic State Take Another City, Behead More Kids

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Cross-posted from Open Mic, a note from Samaritans in the area:

 

Dear friends.  Just a few minutes ago I received the following text message on my phone from Sean Malone who leads Crisis Relief International (CRI).  We then spoke briefly on the phone and I assured him that we would share this urgent prayer need with all our contacts.  "We lost the city Queragosh (Qaraqosh).  It fell to ISIS and they are beheading children systematically.  This is a city we have been smuggling food into.  ISIS has pushed back Peshmerga (Kurdish forces) and is with in 10 minutes of where are CRI team is working.  Thousands more fled into the city of Erbil last night.  The UN evacuated its staff in Erbil.  Our staff is unmoved and will stay.  Prayer cover is needed.  Please pray sincerely for the deliverance of the people of Northern Iraq from the terrible advancement of ISIS and its extreme Islamic goals for mass conversion or death for Christians in the region.  May I plead with you not to ignore this email.  Do not forward it before you have prayed through it.  Then send it on to as many people as possible.  Send it to friends and Christians you may know.  Send it to your prayer group.  We need to stand in the gap for our fellow Christians..