It is simply a myth to imagine that attacks on Christians is a new thing there. This happened before as well, only now, since we are occupying, we hear about it and the Christians can flee with more open borders.
See my blog regarding latest bombings of churches:
http://freedomstruth.blogspot.com/
But also see this other article- a lot of good things are happening in Iraq, for Christians as well as for all Iraqis:
http://freedomstruth.blogspot.com/2004/07/chaldean-bishop-on-building-new-iraq.html
"as an Iraqi I believe that we shall always be grateful to the US for our liberation. I say it as an Iraqi, as a Kurd, as a Catholic bishop. Our people were saved and can now hope in a better future." - Rabban Al Qas, Chaldaean bishop of Amadiyah (northern Iraq)
as an Iraqi I believe that we shall always be grateful to the US for our liberation. I say it as an Iraqi, as a Kurd, as a Catholic bishop. Our people were saved and can now hope in a better future." - Rabban Al Qas, Chaldaean bishop of Amadiyah (northern Iraq)-
The slight problem about this man's optimism is that he is a Kurd & since 92,the Kurds have been protected by the west & virtually have run a defacto state.Since the war ended,their people have lived in relative safety & can rightly hope for a bright future,but the blunt fact for the rest of Iraq is that life as now is not rosy.
PS-note the fact that he is proclaiming his Kurdish identity in his statement-that itself shows how strong ethnico-religious identities are & this makes national integration extremely difficult especially if its a democracy you want.