Posted on 07/08/2017 3:15:59 PM PDT by Texas Fossil
Christian Assyrians have been targeted repeatedly through history and found themselves under attack again by ISIS forces in Syria.
"They're coming! They're coming!" On that day, Feb. 23, 2015, a new page in the tragedy of the Middle East's Christians was written on the banks of the Khabur River, in northeastern Syria. Armed with heavy weaponry and armored vehicles, ISIS fighters swept down from the Mount Abdulaziz region and stormed local Assyrian Christian villages, sending panic-stricken residents fleeing for their lives. Thousands sought shelter in the area's major cities, Al-Hassakeh and Al-Qamishli.
The fighting lasted several hours. Two local militias, the Khabur Guards and the Syriac Military Council, fought to defend their countrymen. In Tel Hormuz, where the resistance was strong, 11 were killed and a good number went missing. Women distinguished themselves with their courage. Still, the Christian fighters were overwhelmed. The military superiority of ISIS was obvious and defeat was inevitable.
Everything began 10 days before the invasion, when ISIS ordered the villagers to remove crosses from their churches and pay a special poll tax. The villagers refused. The overall goal of ISIS was to expel these "infidels" from the country and extend its hegemony to the region. This was a repeat of the religious cleansing operation that took place in the summer 2014, on the other side of the border, in the Ninevah Plains region in Iraq.
"They had been training for a year to invade the villages," says Guiwargis (not his real name) a survivor who later fled to Lebanon. "ISIS had plans and maps. The jihadists implemented a concerted and deliberate strategy to empty the region of its Christians."
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Many of the 200+ people have been ransomed, it took over a year to accomplish that. Some still missing. Not much left of their town and lives in Syria.
But they never gave up their faith. Some of them were killed for refusing to accept Islam.
God Bless Syrian Christians.
Save Thy people, O Lord,
and bless Thine inheritance.
Grant victory to Thy Church over her enemies,
and protect Thy people by Thy Holy Cross!
“God Bless Syrian Christians”
And GD Obama, who sat back and let this happen.
I wish evil on few people, but I wouldn’t mind seeing Barak pay for this.
Obama did not ‘let this happen’. Obama, McCain, Kerry and others facilitated it. There is no statute of limitations for murder, and some people are still hunting Nazis, some of whom were executed - and rightly so - for less.
All of these people have blood on there hands: Obama the son of a bitch and Muslim,The Pope turned his back on Christians while bowing to the Koranimals,John F-ing Kerry and Killory Klinton just figured,”What difference does it make?”,bimbos Harf,Psaki and Rice lied and hash tagged.
Yes, they were originally from Iraq and during one of the genocides they migrated to Syria, from what I remember.
They are on Twitter at
OneAssyria; @OAssyria
https://twitter.com/OAssyria/status/882664142053621760
These Christians were armed, but with small arms only. No match for the heavy weapons that ISIS had.
Imagine a year, not knowing if the next day they would behead you?
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I’m in contact with some of the Assyrian Christians who are in the SDF fighting to end ISIS in (Raqqa) Syria. They are a force of about 2,000 men and women.
They are on Titter here:
SyriacMilitaryMFS @SyriacMFS
https://twitter.com/SyriacMFS/status/872768060989616129
Their female force is here:
HSNB @HSNB_
#HSNB COMMANDER NISHA. #raqqa #SDF @HSNB_ @SyriacMFS
https://twitter.com/HSNB_/status/872770648686424064
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In Iraq:
Iraqi Christian HRC @iraqschristians
Security: #KRG & #Christian forces guard 6 #Chaldean towns N of Mosul; Shi’ite militias & NPU guard 3 #Syriac towns (+ Karmles) E of Mosul.
https://twitter.com/iraqschristians/status/883827156681453569
Chaldeans in Iraq:
Chaldean Nation @ChaldeanNation
https://twitter.com/ChaldeanNation/status/882054644494716930
Your anger is totally justified.
I’ve been obsessed with this insanity for years. If you don’t believe me, ask my wife. I’ll text you my phone number and she will tell you. smile. (we’ve been married 46 years)
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