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No human remains found during search of Lincoln home in Regina Bos case

Yazidis' plight 'a story of many, many people'

• Chris Dunker | Lincoln Journal Star
• Aug 17, 2014
• Aug 17, 2014 Updated May 30, 2026
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Aishan Naser (from left), Jani Dawood, Rima Hadgi, Aishan Bashar and Hello Aneean watch the evening news in a northwest Lincoln house Thursday, hoping for updates on their family and friends. Members of Lincoln's Yazidi community have pleaded for help from the U.S. as Islamic State militants continue to slaughter Yazidis in northern Iraq.

• STACIE SCOTT/Lincoln Journal Star

A group of Yazidis gather outside after the evening news Thursday, while others try to contact family and friends in Iraq.

• STACIE SCOTT/Lincoln Journal Star

Alias Gares (right) and friend Sulaiman Murad discuss the Yazidis' plight in northern Iraq as Garas' wife, Alifa Rasho, cries in the background with her daughter Shaima Rasho (left). Gares learned through Facebook that his brother was beheaded. 

• MATT RYERSON/Lincoln Journal Star

Alias Gares gets information from his nephew in Iraq while standing outside his home in Lincoln. Gares learned from a Facebook post that his brother was dead.

• MATT RYERSON/Lincoln Journal Star

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The photo had been circulating on Facebook for a few hours: a Yazidi man sprawled over the rocky ground, his severed head discarded face-down in the blood-caked dirt.

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Aishan Naser (from left), Jani Dawood, Rima Hadgi, Aishan Bashar and Hello Aneean watch the evening news in a northwest Lincoln house Thursday, hoping for updates on their family and friends. Members of Lincoln's Yazidi community have pleaded for help from the U.S. as Islamic State militants continue to slaughter Yazidis in northern Iraq.

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A group of Yazidis gather outside after the evening news Thursday, while others try to contact family and friends in Iraq.

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Alias Gares (right) and friend Sulaiman Murad discuss the Yazidis' plight in northern Iraq as Garas' wife, Alifa Rasho, cries in the background with her daughter Shaima Rasho (left). Gares learned through Facebook that his brother was beheaded. 

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Alias Gares gets information from his nephew in Iraq while standing outside his home in Lincoln. Gares learned from a Facebook post that his brother was dead.

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