The Assyrian Democratic Organization
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Read More »ONE MAN, ONE VOTE IS DEMOCRACY, ALL ELSE, IS A MISCONCEPTION (03/02/2004)
The other part of the citizenry-the farmers and related rural-based business concerns–slowly but surely, is receding proportionately, and adding to an already keenly developed field of service-oriented employment. This cadre of citizens that dwelt in the fertile–and not so fertile valleys, where they sweated out their life-long years to cultivate …
Read More »For Iraqis, it must be ‘nation first’ (02/02/2004)
For that reason, the ethnic and sectarian taxonomy forced itself on the political arena in Iraq. It stage-managed the Iraqi domestic front, giving rise to many surprises, which were not expected by anyone, whether the coalition forces or the neighbouring countries, or even those interested in Iraq’s domestic affairs. Starting …
Read More »Outside View: Ice Cream in Baghdad (02/02/2004)
Here, things are booming — in a good sense. The TV monitors blare Egyptian music videos while a line develops at the counter for the house favorite — huge ice cream sundaes. Ice cream in Baghdad? The news from Baghdad and Iraq is usually about bombing, terror and bad things …
Read More »Wolfowitz Views ‘New Iraq’ in the Making (03/02/2004)
The city has incredible wealth in oil nearby. It has an educated work force. It has water. It also has grinding poverty, an infrastructure in need of serious repair and a population scarred by 35 years of dictatorship. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz met with members of the city council …
Read More »IRAQ: ASSYRIANS AND A FEDERATION FOR IRAQ (31/01/2004)
The civilian administrator in Iraq, Paul Bremer, announced however that the U.S. would agree on establishing federalism in Iraq, but based on geographic and not demographic, ethnic partition, although he would be happy for the Kurds to control the northern regions with the exception of Kirkuk. (“Washington And The Kurds.” …
Read More »Assyrian Patriotic Party (APP) office in Mosul targeted in a terror act (31/01/2004)
Meeting with the Assyrian Democratic Organization (ADO) in Brussels (31/01/2004)
Indeed, two representatives of the Assyrian Democratic Organization were on a European tour, in order to meet Assyro-Chaldean people to inform them about the current situation in Iraq and in Syria and to tell them the conclusions of the Assyrian Chaldean Syriac conference, which was held in Baghdad from 22 …
Read More »The Salvation of the Assyrians Lies in their Alliance with the Turkmen (15/01/2004)
With the progress of events in the Middle East, namely Iraq, Assyrians find themselves on a crossroad. A crossroad that will have great impact on their future, in fact selecting the correct road will be very decisive, because it will either mean the continuation of the Assyrian race, or …
Read More »STATEMENT ON ASSYRIANS/SYRIACS SIGNED BY FOUR EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT MEMBERS
In particular, one of the ancient ethnic groups in Turkey and Iraq, the Assyrians/Syriacs, is near the point of extinction. Before the Gulf War 1,5 million Assyrians/Syriacs populated Iraq. Today this number has decreased to 0.5 million inhabitants. There are currently estimated 10-15,000 Assyrians/Syriacs left in Turkey. The Assyrian/Syriac people …
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