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State Department Lawyers Removing References to ISIS ‘Genocide’ Against Christians
Washington Free Beacon ^ | July 25, 2017 | Susan Crabtree

Posted on 07/25/2017 7:27:45 AM PDT by george76

State Department Lawyers Removing References to ISIS ‘Genocide’ Against Christians, Other Religious Minorities.. full title.

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Obama holdovers in State Department's legal office are responsible, critics say.

The State Department's top lawyers are systematically removing the word "genocide" to describe the Islamic State's mass slaughter of Christians, Yazidis, and other ethnic minorities in Iraq and Syria from speeches before they are delivered and other official documents, according to human rights activists and attorneys familiar with the policies.

Additionally, Democratic senators are delaying confirmation of Mark Green, Trump's pick to head the U.S. Agency for International Development who has broad bipartisan support.

These efforts guarantee that Obama-era policies that worked to exclude Iraq's Christian and other minority religious populations from key U.S. aid programs remain in place, the activists said.

Richard Visek, who was appointed by President Obama as head the State Department's Office of Legal Adviser in October 2016, is behind the decision to remove the word "genocide" from official documents, according to Nina Shea, an international human rights lawyer who directs the Hudson Institute's Center for Religious Freedom.

"I don't think for a minute it's a bureaucratic decision—it's ideological," said Shea

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ISIS murders and kidnappings have decimated the Christian population in Iraq, which numbered between 800,000 and 1.4 million in 2002, reducing it to fewer than 250,000 now. Without action, activists and charities say, Christians could disappear completely from Iraq in the near future.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Syria; US: District of Columbia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: christian; christians; foggybottom; genocide; iraq; isis; isisgenocide; islam; statedept; swamp
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1 posted on 07/25/2017 7:27:45 AM PDT by george76
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To: george76

“We’ve always been at war with Eastasia, Winston.”......................


2 posted on 07/25/2017 7:33:51 AM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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Drill some more holes in the swamp. Get that thing drained already.


3 posted on 07/25/2017 7:34:04 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: george76

And these State Department lawyers can do just anything they want?


4 posted on 07/25/2017 7:35:01 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: SJackson

I agree with you that Rex Tillerson as SoS and head of State is responsible for the terrible text in the annual report on Israel (among others) that was released recently. However, read this thread and see what damage Zero hold-overs can wreck.

/SB


5 posted on 07/25/2017 7:36:16 AM PDT by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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To: Rusty0604

The first thing to do is get rid of the lawyers...

Someone has already advanced that thought, IIRC.


6 posted on 07/25/2017 7:37:14 AM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: george76
These efforts guarantee that Obama-era policies that worked to exclude Iraq's Christian and other minority religious populations from key U.S. aid programs remain in place, the activists said.

IOW, Obozo wanted them all to die...........................

7 posted on 07/25/2017 7:37:29 AM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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Christians are the bugaboo for secularist for a long time now even though we won’t hack anyone’s head off. In fact for some the effort to dechristianize society means importing Muslims ... who will eventually take to lopping off heads.


8 posted on 07/25/2017 7:37:34 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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9 posted on 07/25/2017 7:38:25 AM PDT by C210N (It is easier to fool the people than convince them that they have been fooled)
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To: Red Badger

Barry is a good Muslim, so....


10 posted on 07/25/2017 7:41:14 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: bgill

I’m beginning to think that everyone approved by the senate cut a deal and agreed to be swamp plugs.


11 posted on 07/25/2017 8:12:38 AM PDT by Terry Mross (Liver spots And blood thinners.)
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Richard Visek, an Obama holdover (appointed Oct 2016) to head the State Dept's Office of Legal Adviser, acted to remove the word "genocide" from official govt documents....in a deliberate effort to disappear Muslim savagery against Christians.

According to Nina Shea, an international human rights lawyer, the Hudson Institute's Center for Religious Freedom director: "I don't think for a minute it's a bureaucratic decision—it's ideological," said Shea.

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TALKING POINTS---—Visek's misguided handiwork and collaboration with radical Islamist organizations means he should be dumped....subito.

12 posted on 07/25/2017 8:29:21 AM PDT by Liz
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To: Jane Long; GOPJ; RitaOK; DollyCali; Tennessee Nana; sickoflibs; TADSLOS; AuntB; SgtBob; ...

ping


13 posted on 07/25/2017 8:32:11 AM PDT by Liz
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To: C210N

Same letters should’ve gone out, from
AG Sessions, day one.


14 posted on 07/25/2017 8:35:02 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Liz

Thanks for the ping.


15 posted on 07/25/2017 8:35:29 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: C210N

Now, that is a letter for my archive:
<>Sessions
<>Podesta
<>Reno

Perhaps, this is a trifecta.


16 posted on 07/25/2017 9:30:23 AM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: george76

Add to the “Election’s Have NO Consequences” pile.


17 posted on 07/25/2017 9:36:42 AM PDT by The Toll
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To: george76

We have seen the enemy . . .


18 posted on 07/25/2017 10:22:52 AM PDT by Taxman (Replace the income tax with the FAIRtax and abolish the IRS!)
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To: ptsal

William Sessions. Not Beauregard.


19 posted on 07/25/2017 10:23:22 AM PDT by JohnnyP (Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
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To: george76

Are we sure the State Dept. lawyers action isn’t intended to protect Obama, Clinton, McCain and everyone else involved in the ISIS creation from sharing in the war crimes responsibility?


20 posted on 07/25/2017 11:35:32 AM PDT by MurrietaMadman
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