Gunmen kill 23 Yazidi Kurds religious sect members ,

  Monday, April 23rd 2007, 4:00 AM

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The Exorcist opening sequence was filmed in the Iraqi town of Sinjar, just below the Syrian border.

The people of Sinjar are mostly Kurdish members of the ancient Yezidi sect, which worships a deity often equated with the Devil.

The Peacock Angel

and Pazuzu shows some of similar features .