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http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2007/s07070043.htm
SSIST News Service (ANS) - PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA
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Sunday, July 8, 2007
Fear of Muslims Forced Elderly Assyrian Couple to Stay Home, Die
By Dan Wooding
Founder of ASSIST Ministries
DORA, IRAQ (ANS) — Hours after his wife Laila Yacoub Hermis, 68, passed away, an acute psychological trauma killed George Yousif Jajjo, aged 74. The Assyrian couple were living alone besieged in their home due to the imposed blockade on Christians by terrorist groups.
This news has been released by the Assyrian International News Agency (www.aina.org).
Assyrian Christians flee after another church bombing in Iraq
The story said, “The Assyrian couple lived in al-Hadar district between al-Mechanic and al-Sahha areas in Dora. They had consumed what food, water and medicine they had. George risked his life and left home seeking help when his wife fell unconscious; arriving at his sister in law’s place they called the police, but by the time help arrived George’s wife was already dead.
“This tragic incident took place June 26, 2007 and it is part of the calamities befalling the Assyrian Christians with their different denominations due to terrorist acts, and jizya [a per capita tax imposed on able bodied non-Muslim men of military age] and forced conversion to Islam.
The AINA story continued: “George and Laila’s story is part of the vicious campaign by terrorist groups against the citizens in the area but in particular the Assyrian Christians, while both the government and occupation forces have failed to protect them.
“Assyrians are the only autochthonous [the original inhabitants or indigenous peoples of Iraq], having lived in their ancestral lands in north Iraq since 5000 B.C. Assyrians are Christians, belonging to three main denominations: The Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, the Syriac Orthodox Church and the Chaldean Church of Babylon. The native language of Assyrians is neo-Syriac (neo-Aramaic). This distinct identity of Assyrians, especially their Christian faith, sets them apart from the rest of the population.”
Assyrians comprised 8% (1.5 million) of the Iraqi population in April of 2003. Since then 50% have fled the country. Of the 750,000 Iraqi refugees in Jordan up to 150,000 are Assyrians. Of the 1.2 million Iraqi refugees in Syria, 70,000 to 500,000 are Assyrians.
From 1995 to 2007 287 Assyrians were killed. For the years 1995-2002 there were 19 murders, averaging 2.37 per year. After the liberation of Iraq in 2003, the average number of murders for the years 2003-2007 was 67, 2827% higher than for the years 1995-2002. The geographic distribution of the murders was 35.54% in north Iraq, 61.67% in central Iraq and 2.79% in south Iraq. Kurds, Sunnis, Shiites and al-Qaeda engaged in murdering Assyrians. Examples included:
A 2 month old infant kidnapped, beheaded, roasted and returned to its parents on a bed of rice
14 year old Ayad Tariq decapitated because he was said to be a “dirty Christian sinner”
A 14 year old boy crucified in his own village in Mosul
Fr. Paulos Iskander (Paul Alexander) kidnapped, beheaded and dismembered
5 priests were kidnapped and released after ransom was paid. 3 priests and 3 deacons were murdered, for a total of 11. 5 of these occurred in Baghdad, 6 in Mosul.
33 churches were attacked or bombed since June, 2004: 23 in Baghdad, 6 in Mosul, 3 in Kirkuk and 1 in Ramadi.
At least 13 young women were abducted and raped, causing some of them to commit suicide.
AINA added, “Female students were targeted in Basra and Mosul for not wearing veils; some had nitric acid squirted on their faces. Elders of a village in Mosul were warned not to send females to universities.
“Mahdi Army personnel circulated a letter warning all Christian women to veil themselves.
“Al-Qaeda moved into an Assyrian neighborhood and began collecting the jizya and demanding that females be sent to the mosque to be married off to Muslims. Assyrian businesses were targeted. 500 Assyrian shops in a Dora market were burned in one night.”
Note: The Christian Assyrians Iraq are pressing for the establishment of an administrative area in the Nineveh plains in north western Iraq. They say that they do not wish for the Iraqi state to be divided and will remain loyal citizens to the Iraqi government. The intended administrative area, they say, will function as a “safe haven” from the religious violence that ravage in today’s Iraq.
Dan Wooding is an award winning British journalist now living in Southern California with his wife Norma. He is the founder and international director of ASSIST (Aid to Special Saints in Strategic Times) and the ASSIST News Service (ANS). He was, for ten years, a commentator, on the UPI Radio Network in Washington, DC. Wooding is the author of some 42 books, the latest of which is his autobiography, “From Tabloid to Truth”, which is published by Theatron Books. To order a copy, go to www.fromtabloidtotruth.com. danjuma1@aol.com.
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hi everyone, i am usually a lurker but have decided to let my voice be heard as things seem to intensify and i become a bit more uneasy as days pass.
Anyhow a link of interest, this is jihad propaganda coming out of iraq, they are mocking our films with their agenda noted. So should the 23rd now be a date of interest after seeing this?
http://news.sky.com/skynews/picture_gallery/0,,70141-1274249,00.html
Thanks for everyones hard work, aside from using lavendar in one’s room what would anybody reccomend for sleep/relaxing?
take care
-hunter
Sorry if this is old news, I’ve been away and haven’t caught up with the thread yet.
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Aircraft carrier USS Enterprise departs Norfolk for 6-month Mediterranean-Persian Gulf tour . . .
. . . the Enterprise CVN 65-Big E Strike Group will join the USS Stennis and USS Nimitz carriers, building up the largest sea, air, marine concentration the US has ever deployed opposite Iran.
I've been watching this since Debka 'reported' it several weeks ago. Will be looking for a press release today to confirm.
Welcome to TM, how did you find us?
The Big “E” is enroute to the Med as per Debka. Carrier group has been on the ‘surge’ list for a while. What to watch is whether one of the other carrier groups currently in the region is relieved and sent back or we keep 3 groups there.
Tunneling like the rats they are. Thanks for the post Joe.
In Iran for the second time this year? That’s interesting. Thanks for the post Cindy.
The former leader of Bosnia's Muslim army, Rasim Delic, is due to go on trial at the U.N. war crimes tribunal on Monday charged with responsibility for rape, torture and murder of Bosnian Croats and Serbs by his troops.
Delic, one of the most senior Muslims to appear at the tribunal, is accused of failing to punish alleged atrocities committed by foreign Islamic fighters under his command, and of having been aware of their propensity for violence. Prosecutors, however, are seeking a last-minute suspension of the trial and its transfer to a Bosnian court after the tribunal judges limited the amount of time to hear prosecution witnesses, as the court came under pressure to wind up its work by 2010.
Prosecutors say this limits the scope of the trial and makes The Hague, where those charged with the greatest responsibility are tried, an inappropriate venue. On Friday they renewed their plea for a postponement, after a first request was denied on Thursday.
Many Islamic fighters, or "mujahideen", came from North Africa and the Middle East to support fellow Muslims during the conflict in the former Yugoslavia. They moved from giving out food to local Muslims to fighting alongside their forces.
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http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20070708/twl-uk-warcrimes-delic-bd5ae06.html
Muslims declare sovereignty over U.S., UK
July 9, 2007
Across town from the site of the recent attempted car-bomb attacks, several thousand Muslims gathered in front of the London Central Mosque to applaud fiery preachers prophesying the overthrow of the British government – a future vision that encompasses an Islamic takeover of the White House and the rule of the Quran over America.
"One day my dear Muslims," shouted Anjem Choudary, "Islam will govern Britain!"
Choudary was a co-founder of Al Muhajiroun, the now-banned group tied to suspects in the July 7, 2005, London transport bombings and a cheerleader of the 9/11 attacks. "Democracy, hypocrisy," Choudary chanted as the crowd echoed him. "Tony Blair, terrorist! Tony Blair, murderer! Queen Elizabeth, go to hell!"
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http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56503
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1183980034196&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Olmert to Assad: ‘I am ready to hold direct talks with you’
JPost.com Staff, THE JERUSALEM POST Jul. 9, 2007
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‘Come to Jerusalem to talk’ was the message of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to Syrian President Bashar Assad, in an historic interview to Saudi satellite station Al Arabiya, aired by Channel 10 Monday evening. In his first appearance on a major Arabic news station in over six years, Olmert, speaking in an office adorned with the blue and white Israeli flag, told his Hebrew-speaking interviewer: “Bashar Assad, you know … You know I am ready to hold direct negotiations with you and you also know that it’s you who insists on speaking to the Americans. The American president says: ‘I don’t want to stand between Bashar Assad and Ehud Olmert. If you want to talk, sit down and talk.” Assad has “heard many things from me already,” Olmert added. When asked where he would hold such talks with Assad, Olmert said “any place he [Assad] would agree to meet,” hinting that Assad would even be welcome in Jerusalem.
Channel 10 analyst Zvi Yehezkeli remarked that Al Arabiya’s broadcasts are transmitted following approval from the Saudi government. He added the network was planning to follow up on Olmert’s interview with interviews with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, Hamas Damascus-based leader Khaled Mashaal and eventually, Assad himself. . .
OPINION: It’s jihad, another day.
Thanks for the link.
Yep, interesting and wondering what he brings with him up and back from Iran.
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A Missile Mistake
IBD Editorials ^ | 9 July 2007 | Staff
Posted on 07/09/2007 10:44:11 AM PDT by Kitten Festival
Defense: Apart from prosecuting the global war on terror, creating a comprehensive missile defense shield is the Pentagon’s most important job in the 21st century. Yet some in Congress are trying to kill it.
Why is Congress trying to defund the U.S. missile defense shield in Eastern Europe — where it will protect not just our allies but the U.S. as well?
Hard to say. Today, some 19 countries have ballistic missile capabilities. At least eight of those have nuclear weapons — and more are on the way. No doubt, most warrant watching.
In just a few years, Iran and North Korea — both on the State Department’s list of terrorist states — will have nuclear-tipped missiles. And, as Friday’s attempted assassination of Pakistan strongman Pervez Musharraf shows, that country is just a regime change away from joining Iran and North Korea as a rogue nuclear state.
These threats are real.
(Excerpt) Read more at ibdeditorials.com ...
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=46668
‘Arrowhead Ripper’ Continues to Deny Terrorists Resources in Iraq
American Forces Press Service
BAQUBAH, Iraq, July 9, 2007 – Iraqi army and coalition soldiers from Task Force Lightning continued offensive operations in and around the capital of Iraq’s Diyala province today, as Operation Arrowhead Ripper continues to deny resources to al Qaeda terrorists during its 20th day in the area.
Soldiers from 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, and 3rd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 5th Iraqi Army Division, discovered and disabled five vehicles being prepared as car bombs and caches containing pipe bombs, sniper rifles, and other explosives and bomb-making materials.
During another joint operation in western Baqubah, soldiers from 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, and Iraqi forces disabled three IEDs and discovered a cache of small arms. Also included in this discovery was an al Qaeda safe house containing a large amount of medical supplies and equipment. The medical supplies taken from this safe house were distributed to the local civilian population.
“In western Baqubah, Arrowhead Ripper has met our initial tactical objectives and then some,” said Army Brig. Gen. Mick Bednarek, deputy commander for operations for Task Force Lightning and Multinational Division North. “Not only have we cleared out the active al Qaeda operatives in the western part of the city, but more importantly started to return fundamental life and normalcy to the citizens in that part of the city — food, water, fuel — those things that are essential to the trust and confidence of the people in their government.”
Iraqi and coalition soldiers continue to conduct successful engagements throughout the capital denying al Qaeda operatives resources and safe havens.
In the Baqubah’s Buhriz neighborhood, soldiers from 1st Battalion, 14th Cavalry Regiment, and Iraqi soldiers, engaged and killed five terrorists who had launched a mortar attack from nearby palm groves. Local citizens provided accurate information to the joint forces enabling the successful engagement.
In a separate engagement in old Baqubah, soldiers from 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, detained 34 suspected terrorists after following tips from local citizens.
“The true measure of success is in talking to the Iraqis who are starting to return to a sense of normalcy in western Baqubah,” Bednarek said. “The fact that you have people coming out of their houses, starting to walk to the markets, (talking) with each other, riding bicycles, playing soccer in the streets, allowing the return of fundamental goods and services.”
Since the beginning of Operation Arrowhead Ripper, at least 60 al Qaeda operatives have been killed, 215 have been detained, 55 weapons caches have been discovered, 124 improvised explosive devices have been destroyed, and 24 booby-trapped structures have been destroyed.
(From a Multinational Corps Iraq news release.)
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=46672
Troops Kill Nine, Detain 15, Discover Weapons in Iraq
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, July 9, 2007 – Iraqi and coalition forces killed nine insurgents, detained 15 others, and uncovered weapons during recent operations in Iraq, military officials said.
In fighting July 7 near Diwaniyah, Iraqi and coalition forces killed nine militia members and detained four others. While conducting an operation to find a senior leader rogue militia member, soldiers from 1st Battalion, 8th Iraqi Army Division, and the Iraqi Hillah special weapons and tactics team received small-arms fire.
Ground troops called in coalition air support, which killed nine militants, destroyed two vehicles, and damaged two buildings the insurgents were using for cover during their attack, military officials said. Iraqi forces later detained four suspicious individuals during the operation.
According to military officials, rogue militia members have attacked Iraqi and coalition forces with rockets and mortars near Diwaniyah, including a July 2 attack in which the militia launched more than 50 rockets and wounded a coalition soldier.
No Iraqi or coalition forces members were injured during the operation, officials said.
Iraqi special operations forces and coalition advisors detained seven suspected militia members in a July 7 operation.
The Iraqi forces captured their targets without incident, military officials said. They also seized an automatic rifle and ammunition, a pistol, cell phones, ID cards and computer equipment. No Iraqi or coalition forces were injured during this operation.
In Baghdad’s Rashid district that day, Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers sacked an explosively formed penetrator cell.
Soldiers of Company D, 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment “Black Lions,” 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, received a tip from a local citizen that an EFP had been emplaced along a major thoroughfare. Acting immediately, troops found the device and followed the command wire back to a nearby house.
Inside the house, the Black Lions detained three suspected cell members, military officials said. Troops also found a trigger device, four radios, a video camera, an Iranian Type-85 sniper rifle and a pistol. They also found a spool of wire, three EFP tubes, and three EFP pressure-plates — equipment used to manufacture the deadly devices.
“The streets of Baghdad are safer now with the arrests of these suspected terrorists and the removal of their explosives and other implements of destruction,” said Army Col. Ricky D. Gibbs, commander of 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. “We appreciate the Iraqi citizen’s courage in coming forward to assist the Black Lions in safeguarding the area.”
Earlier that day, insurgents attacked two patrols from the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry “Warriors” in the Doura area of eastern Rashid. Troops killed three insurgents in the ensuring engagement, and a fourth was wounded and detained for further questioning, military officials said.
(Compiled from Multinational Corps Iraq news releases.)
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American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, July 9, 2007
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