Children of Terror Left Behind in Iraq
Both of Maya's parents were Islamic State suicide bombers. Her four siblings were among their victims. Plump, smiling and younger than two years old, Maya may never know anything of her past. "Maya" is not her real name. As authorities in Iraq sort out the children that IS left behind — their orphans, the orphans […]Heather Murdock writes for Voice of America:
Both of Maya's parents were Islamic State suicide bombers. Her four siblings were among their victims.
Plump, smiling and younger than two years old, Maya may never know anything of her past. "Maya" is not her real name.
As authorities in Iraq sort out the children that IS left behind — their orphans, the orphans of their victims, abandoned children of sex slaves, and children of foreign fighters — aid workers say they want to shield the youngest ones from their painful beginnings.
