In San Diego alone, there are an estimated 25,000 expatriate Iraqis of Assyrian or Chaldean ancestry who could vote in the election. Iraq’s Chaldean-Assyrian community is one of the largest remaining Christian populations in the Middle East, and has been the target of intimidation, assassinations and bombings by Islamist terrorists …
Read More »Highlights Of Election Program of Kurdistani Alliance List
The list includes many of the main political Kurdish parties like Kurdistan Democratic Party, Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Kurdistan Communist Party, Kurdistan Islamic Union, Toddlers Party of Kurdistan, Turkmen Parties as well as Chaldo-Assyrian Parties and some independent Kurdish, Arabic and Turkmen figures. The list is not exclusive to Kurds …
Read More »Iraqis here to have say in nation’s Jan. 30 elections
Both towns have been picked to house registration and polling sites for the Iraqi elections — and fast-paced preparations are under way. It’s part of the worldwide effort to give expatriate Iraqis a voice in the elections, and as many as 31,200 local residents with Iraqi ties are eligible to …
Read More »Iraqis from around U.S. register here for historic homeland vote
So far, 4,000 people have registered in Chicago, second only to Detroit in the United States. About 5,500 people have registered in the Motor City. IRAQI VOTER REGISTRATIONIran: 41,088 Sweden: 22,957 United Kingdom: 20,245 United States: 17,103 Detroit: 5,551 Chicago: 4,000 Nashville: 3,228 Los Angeles: 2,813 Washington, D.C.: 1,511 Total: …
Read More »Turquie et Europe… Mise au point
Traiter mes propos comme ceux de fascistes du FN est insultant. Je suis issu d’une famille h?riti?re des id?aux de la R?sistance fran?aise et me fais fort de rester fid?le ? ses principes. Je m’incline aupr?s de ceux qui ont souffert de l’oppression d’un certain pouvoir turc, un pouvoir nationaliste …
Read More »Archbishop’s Kidnapping an End to Religious Tolerance?
AINA) — On January 17, 66-year old Archbishop Basile Georges Casmoussa of Mosul was kidnapped at gunpoint by suspected insurgents, in what is seen as another desperate move to disrupt the upcoming elections on January 30th. Later, however, he was freed apparently without paying any ransom. The ease with which …
Read More »Critics: Limited number of Iraqi polling places in United States disenfranchises
WASHINGTON (BP)–Iraqis in the United States and 13 other countries have begun registering to vote in their home country?s election, but the process in this country has disenfranchised Christians, critics charge. Iraqi expatriates are eligible to vote in the Jan. 30 election that will determine the make-up of a transitional …
Read More »Lettre ouverte ? Monsieur Mats Einarsson, rapporteur de la Commission des migrations, des r?fugi?s et de la population.
Cr?er un centre europ?en en m?moire des victimes des d?placements forc?s de populations et du nettoyage ethnique en oubliant les d?portations des Arm?niens est le comble du cynisme que seul un monstre aussi froid que l?administration europ?enne pouvait afficher. Voici que l?Europe de la raison accouche d?une absurdit? aussi criminelle …
Read More »Trek to democracy – Ariz. residents heading to LA to register, vote
It was 1977 and in his climb to power Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was intensifying his persecution of religious and ethnic minorities through a brutal campaign of fear, intimidation, torture and death. As Assyrians, a Christian minority in Iraq, Oshana’s family knew they had to get out.“It was a time …
Read More »World?s Assyrians savour Swedish soccer saga
So when it played for a spot in Sweden?s premier division, Ninos Gawrieh and some 30 friends huddled around a television in a house in the Syrian town of Kamishly, cheering it on. Thousands of other people around the world were also watching the game, hoping that the team …
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