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"The Shame of Mosul"
23.10.2008
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In recent weeks, the
Christians of Nineveh province in northern Iraq have
been the target of a brutal campaign of murder,
expulsion and home demolition, prompting thousands
of Christian families to flee from the center of
Mosul to the suburbs and to the villages north of
the city. Christian and other sources have accused
Al-Qaeda of being behind the persecution campaign.
Some have said that the persecution is a response to
the Christians' demand for the reinstatement of
Article 50 of the Provincial Election Law, which
secures seats on the provincial councils for
minorities.
October 23, 2008
Stafford sends this note from Kurdistan region
"Iraq"
The regime of Saddam Hussein destroyed - flattened -
hundreds of communities throughout the Kurdistan
Region of Iraq - more than 4,000. Christian
communities were destroyed along with non-Christian
communities. Both churches and mosques were
destroyed. Tens of thousands of families were forced
to migrate from their homes.
Since the 1991 war dozens of Christians communities
have been reconstructed and resettled. And since the
2003 war began, many Christian communities in the
Kurdistan Region have been additionally supported
with houses, churches and church halls, roads,
electricity generators, water systems, libraries,
and Internet centers. These Christian communities
exist very peacefully in the midst of non-Christian
communities, even in remote rural areas.
Because of violence against Christians elsewhere in
the country, thousands of Christian families have
fled to areas where the Kurdistan Region's security
services exist. These services have been extended to
Arabs, Turkmens, Christians, Shabaks, and of course
Kurds including Yezidi Kurds. A major seminary is
being moved from an area where the threat of
violence prevails and is under construction in the
Kurdistan Region.
Recently, apparently, a concerted campaign is being
waged in Mosul against Christians. A member of the
Council of Representatives has mischievously cited
the Kurdistan Region's security services as being
involved. Mosul is not under the control of the
Kurdistan Region's security forces. This malicious
propaganda has regrettably found its way into the
less-informed, but usually more reputable,
international media.
From the history: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)
supports Christians and Arab refugees in the
autonomous Kurdish region:
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