Posted on 01/08/2005 4:12:06 PM PST by blam
Funny how they werent fleeing just a week ago.....
and they certianly ARE NOT fleeing in Baghdad....
The Telegraph is a funny paper. Sometimes they come up with some great articles and scoops, but other times they come up with bizarre articles that seem completely made up on the spot (not saying this is one of them, just making an observation). Anyone else notice this? It's completely hit and miss.
In the same vein, there are "terrorist media" in the west that want to derail elections, want to prevent Success, and prevent any accomplishments attributed to Bush, while there are at least some in the western media that want a stable and free Iraq, as well as many true freedom lovers in the West.
This type of editorializing baloney is why NOTHING written by the Telegraph is believable.
I read about this in the WSJ months ago. Both the WSJ and the Telegraph are very supportive of the Iraq war.
I fear that this persecution is all too true.
Gee, I thought there were no Christians in Iraq... that's why there was a big hubbub about bringing the Gospel there....
If this story is true, the US should offer to evacuate any Christians who want to leave and let them into the US. Of course I don't guess it would be practical to try and determine who was Christian - could turn into an easy way for terrorists to get inside. But if it is true, it saddens me to think our troops don't feel they can do anything for fear of inciting more hatred.
Europe? Why are they going to Europe? It's just a matter of time before the genocide begins there also.
"BAGHDAD / NAJAF (ANS) -- Tens of thousands of Christians have fled Iraq where fierce battles raged Tuesday August 17, between American forces and the Mahdi Army militia of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, a government official confirmed. (Pictured: From left, President Ghazi al-Yawer, PM Iyad Allawi, Deputy PM Barham Saleh, Abdel Aziz al-Hakim, former member of the governing council. Source: Voice of America). "
Just let me tell you guys this. I didnt see it. I was there ok?
I don't tend to trust Human things without seeing it myself....especially in Iraq....
Gee, I thought there were no Christians in Iraq... that's why there was a big hubbub about bringing the Gospel there....One problem since the start has been our ignorance of Iraq. Yes, there are Christians there, and have been since the first century AD. Saddam Hussain was a terrible dictator, but he was an "equal opportunity" dictator... if anything, he had an "affirmative action" program for Christians. Saddam maintained power mostly by keeping the various tribal and religious factions out of government... which let the Christians thrive in that society. Why do you think the Pope was particularly upset with our excuses for this invasion? The man's job is to defend his people, after all... and a lot of Catholics (including Nestorian, Assyrian and Maronite Catholics), as well as other Christians looked to the Pope as the only support they'd have without Saddam. If we were going after dictators who supress religion, we'd be going after Saudi Arabia and China, not Iraq.
I knew this was going to happen.
More "class stuggle" stuff from the UK scandal mongers. These gossipy Brits love a juicy pot boiler.
Why bother commenting on this smelly mess?
Good- give all the Christians time to get out, then send ONE plane.
Possibly for reasons similar to why Medieval nobles would put Jews into many court positions: you don't want to hand power over to anybody who could have ambitions for the top job. A Christian COULD NOT become ruler of a Muslim country, so they would not be a worry to Saddam
Somehow, unless it IS the islamo-fascists targeting non-islamo-fascists (which I doubt), I don't think this is a religious thing.
How's about a collaboration thing?
Or a manufactured "news" thing?
Out of "Ur of the Chaldees" he came, at the command of God, and with his family and flocks he wandered into the Land of Canaan. We call him Abraham, father of nations, for it is he who begot two of the nations of the Middle East, namely the Israelites, later called Jews, and the Ishmaelites, also called Arabs.
In the first century AD St. Thomas the Apostle brought the Gospel of Christ to Mesopotamia. He was assisted by St. Addai who preached from 37 to 65 AD. After the latter's martyrdom, his work was carried on by his disciples, St. Aggai (65 - 87 AD) and St. Mari (88-121 AD). The Church of the East, also called the East Syriac Church, because it lay east of the Roman Empire, grew rapidly in the following centuries, spreading the faith to Persia, China and India. The competition between the Byzantine Empire and Persia caused the Church of the East to sever its ties to the Patriarchate of Antioch in 424 AD. At that time the Nestorian heresy (1) was raging throughout the Middle East. The Church of the East eventually succumbed to this heresy in large part due to its aversion to the influence of the Church of Constantinople. In rejecting the orthodox resolutions of the Council of Ephesus in 431, the Church of the East separated itself from the Universal Church and was thereafter known as the Nestorian Church.
In 634 Arabs bearing the religion of Muhammad appeared in Mesopotamia and brought the entire region under the heel of Islam where it remains today. In the early centuries of Islamic rule, the Church of the East continued to prosper. Thereafter, under growing Islamic persecution and repression the Church declined. In the 16th century portions of the Church of the East sought relief by establishing relations with the Church of Rome. Thereafter, those Christians in union with Rome were known as Chaldeans whereas the remaining Christians were called Assyrians.
The Christian minorities in Iraq today are among the oldest in Christendom. They make up about 6% of the population numbering fewer than one million out of a population of 17 million.
CHALDEAN CHURCH AL TAHERA IN MOSUL
Photo taken early 2004
This church was blown up by Muslims, early in December.
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Western Europe had it's chance to stand up against militant islam in Kosovo, instead the west aligned itself with militant islamic terrorists, and bombed Christians.
Western Europe is reaping what is has sown.
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