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Iraq: Christian Population Declines by 80% Since 2003
Jihad Watch ^ | 4/4/23 | Robert Spencer

Posted on 04/08/2023 6:29:56 PM PDT by marshmallow

The U.S. invasion of Iraq and toppling of Saddam Hussein was disastrously ill-conceived, as I explained before it started back in 2003. The resulting vacuum was filled by jihad groups who targeted the Christians, which they associated with the U.S. even though there has been a Christian presence in Iraq for 2000 years.

“Two Decades of Persecution Leaves Iraqi Christians with an Uncertain Future,” International Christian Concern, March 21, 2023:

03/21/2023 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – This week marks the 20th anniversary of the launching of the U.S.-led coalition’s invasion of Iraq and the subsequent toppling of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein….The US invasion in March 2003 then began what has been characterized by another two decades of turmoil, including internal sectarian violence and a massive exodus of Iraq’s nearly two-thousand-year-old Christian communities.

Prior to the beginning of the second US-Iraq war, Christians in Iraq estimated to number between 1-2 million. Two decades later, the number is estimated to have dropped 80%, with less than 250,000 estimated remaining in Iraq. Between 2005 and 2011, the nation’s security vacuum and sectarian civil war left Christian churches and families vulnerable to a long series of targeted attacks. Between 2014 and 2017, the conflict and attempted genocide by ISIS towards Iraq’s religious minorities, including Christians, led to even greater numbers of Christians leaving Iraq.

(Excerpt) Read more at jihadwatch.org ...


TOPICS: History; Islam; Religion & Culture; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: bush; christians; iraq; iraqichristians
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To: marshmallow

George W. Bush killed them. He offered a home to Muslims in the United States of America and left the Christians to die. He’s a war criminal. The good news is he will have to face God someday.


21 posted on 04/08/2023 7:43:40 PM PDT by tinamina (Remember when Biden said “we have developed the most sophisticated voting fraud system ever”? )
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To: marshmallow

the comments on this thread would have gotten most people banned from this forum 20 years ago.thoughts?


22 posted on 04/08/2023 7:48:55 PM PDT by Fuzz (. )
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To: imabadboy99

23 posted on 04/08/2023 7:49:29 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Fuzz

You get older, you learn things.


24 posted on 04/08/2023 7:50:55 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

Principals be damned!!!


25 posted on 04/08/2023 7:53:02 PM PDT by Fuzz (. )
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To: Fuzz

Back then, my knee-jerk reaction was whatever the Democrats were for, I was against.

But I maintain, even if Gore won in 2000, we still would have gone to war with Iraq one way or the other. The Democrats before the election were also screaming like banshees about Saddam having WMDs, but of course, since their guy wasn’t in the WH, they were against it.


26 posted on 04/08/2023 7:55:37 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Fuzz

I was this MORON’s biggest supporter because I didn’t know better! I’m so ashamed and embarrassed to have supported this evil POS. But after 8 years of Clinton, we though all Republicans were ‘good’. We just didn’t know better. And remember, this POS promised to stop gay marriage. We elected this MORON twice and we still got fag marriage anyway.


27 posted on 04/08/2023 7:56:48 PM PDT by imabadboy99
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To: marshmallow
2023 (March 23 to May 23)

28 posted on 04/08/2023 7:57:21 PM PDT by MacNaughton
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To: dfwgator

And?


29 posted on 04/08/2023 8:01:24 PM PDT by Fuzz (. )
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To: imabadboy99

So, what does that say about you?


30 posted on 04/08/2023 8:03:13 PM PDT by Fuzz (. )
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To: Fuzz

You’re still on this forum so what does that say about your principles in 2003?


31 posted on 04/08/2023 8:04:53 PM PDT by TigersEye (Woke is a cancer of the mind and humanity)
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To: TigersEye

I don’t know.

You tell me.


32 posted on 04/08/2023 8:09:05 PM PDT by Fuzz (. )
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To: Fuzz

It says we were desperate for the antidote to 8 years of B J Clinton and we were falsely led to believe that it was G W MORON!


33 posted on 04/08/2023 8:14:34 PM PDT by imabadboy99
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To: Fuzz

You said nothing then that would get you zotted.


34 posted on 04/08/2023 8:16:03 PM PDT by TigersEye (Woke is a cancer of the mind and humanity)
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To: coon2000
We should not have invaded Iraq. Bush turned into a disaster

And then Obama, McCain and the deep-state partnered with Al Qaeda and ISIS to finish off any remaining Christians in Iraq - and Syria.

35 posted on 04/08/2023 10:06:38 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: nwrep
Thanks to bastard Bush.

Don't forget Obama - and Clinton.

They promoted the Muslim Brotherhood in the "Arab Spring," as the MB nearly set off a total genocide of Christian Copts in Egypt.

It took a military coup from a Muslim general in the Eyptian Army to end what Obama was promoting and to protect the Copts. The Saudis and Arab nations all support this.

it is absolutely shameful what evil and stupidity the US Government does in our name

36 posted on 04/08/2023 10:16:38 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Leftist democrats have the same plan for the US. They hate Christians and will do everything to reduce our numbers.


37 posted on 04/09/2023 4:05:14 AM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: marshmallow

What’s the curve on that? Was it mostly in 2003? Mostly during the ‘reconstruction phase” Since 2011? Since 2017?


38 posted on 04/11/2023 7:44:22 AM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: lepton

Between 2014 and 2017, the conflict and attempted genocide by ISIS towards Iraq’s religious minorities, including Christians, led to even greater numbers of Christians leaving Iraq.


So...Obama letting ISIS run rampant.


39 posted on 04/11/2023 7:47:24 AM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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