Decapitated Assyrian Priest Laid to Rest

AINA ^ | 14 October 2006 | Press Release

[Doctor13]

Assyrian International News Agency

Mosul (AsiaNews) --- Fr Paulos Eskandar was laid to rest in Mosul today. The decapitated body of the Syrian-Orthodox priest was found in an eastern district of this Iraqi city yesterday. He was abducted last Monday by an unknown Islamic group which posted a hefty ransom of 0-350,000, the Assyrian International News Agency (AINA) reported. The group also demanded that signs be posted on his church apologising for the Pope's Regensburg remarks as a pre-condition for negotiations.

AINA also published a letter from an Iraqi priest who fled to Sweden, describing what amounts to a full blown campaign of terror against Christians in Iraq.

Based on accounts from Christians still living in the country, Fr Adris Hanna warns that "Christians are living a terrified life in Mosul and Baghdad. Several priests have been kidnapped, girls are being raped and murdered, and a couple of days ago a fourteen-year-old boy was crucified in the Christian neighbourhood of Albasra."

Father P. Hanna also reported that he spoke "to a group of nuns who were robbed and treated brutally on their way between Baghdad to Amman in Jordan."

He ended his letter with a plea: "We must do what we can to stop [the massacre] . . . . We must do something."

[Kolokotronis]

""We must do what we can to stop [the massacre] . . . . We must do something.""

Unfortunately, the "Islam is the Religion of Peace" administration in Washington will do absolutely nothing; just like they (and the Clinton kabal before them) have done nothing in Kosovo.

[JDoutrider]

Nothing short of eliminating the R.O.P from the face of the earth, as we did with the nazis, will end this insanity...

[Dajjal]

Religion of Peace bump.

Prayers for Fr. Eskandar.

[perez24]

I might be mistaken, but Syrian Orthodox folks don't even recognize the Pope the way Catholics do.

[Eagles6]

I did a search and none of the major msm outlets (fox included) had the story. They must not have heard. I'd better call them now.

[Eagles6]

"I might be mistaken, but Syrian Orthodox folks don't even recognize the Pope the way Catholics do."

Hey, all infidels look alike. / sarc (sadly)

[BW2221]

You're right Syrian-Orthodox is different from Chaldean. Chaldeans are Roman Catholic.

[Ignatz]

And this is the tolerant ROP that the Liberals support.

[pandoraou812]

I am sorry if my post offends anyone. But I am so sick of these beheadings. For every person these terrorists behead I think we ought to take 10 of the ones we have in prisons and find the worst way the Islamists hate to be killed and kill them that way. We seem to be allowing them to behead and do nothing. I am just so sick of it all. I hate to be violent but there comes a time that we must react back. To all the bleeding hearts who want to end this war and retreat I say this... these terrorists won't be happy until they behead or kill all of us and our children. Didnt 9/11 show us anything? They don't care who we are, what religion we are they want us DEAD.