KHANKE, Iraq — The advertisement on the Telegram app is as chilling
as it is incongruous: A girl for sale is “Virgin. Beautiful. 12 years
old…. Her price has reached $12,500 and she will be sold soon.”
The posting in Arabic appeared on an encrypted conversation along
with ads for kittens, weapons and tactical gear. It was shared with the
Associated Press by an activist with the minority Yazidi community,
whose women and children are being held as sex slaves by the extremists.