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March 23, 2008

Easter in Iraq

Christians under attack

Juan Cole posts today about the "especially sad" Easter for Iraq's Chaldean Christians. Their archbishop, Paulus Faraj Rahho, was kidnapped and found dead in a shallow grave on March 13. I guess the "surge" has not entirely worked for Christians in Iraq.

Three months ago around Christmastime, CBS News 60 Minutes carried this story:

Vicar: Dire Times For Iraq's Christians
Tells 60 Minutes Most Of Iraq's Christians Have Fled Or Been Killed - Dec. 2, 2007
(CBS) From the time of Jesus, there have been Christians in what is now Iraq. The Christian community took root there after the Apostle Thomas headed east.

But now, after nearly 2,000 years, Iraqi Christians are being hunted, murdered and forced to flee -- persecuted on a biblical scale in Iraq's religious civil war.
The vicar interviewed for that story drew the inescapable conclusion that "The situation now is clearly worse" than under Saddam. It's well worth viewing this story.

Today I echo the message of Pope Benedict, "Enough with the slaughters. Enough with the violence. Enough with the hatred in Iraq!"

Posted by The Owl at 13:10. Filed under: Iraq

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There's an article by published by the Assyrian International New Agency that truly unmasks the plight of the Christians in Iraq, namely the Assyrians. It is penned by Rosie Malek-Yonan, the author of The Crimson Field. She is an Assyrian author, artist and activist who was invited to testify in Congress about the killings of the Christians in Iraq. This is the link to the article:

http://www.aina.org/guested...

Posted by tripmiller on March 23, 2008 at 16:47

Thanks for that link, recommended.

Posted by The Owl on March 24, 2008 at 00:55
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