The Assyrian Democratic Organization
Baghdad, Iraq – AINA — Osama Al Najifi, a member of Iraq’s parliament, told the Iraqi Independent Press Agency on Sunday he holds the Iraqi government responsible for what is happening to the Assyrian Christians in Mosul, and accused the “Kurdish militias” for carrying out the acts …
Read More »Muslim Threats Force Assyrians to Flee From Mosul
Telkep, North Iraq – AINA — 325 Assyrian families living in Mosul have been forced out from the ancient city and have taken refuge in the six Christian villages that make up Telkep County (Batnaya, Telkep, Taleskuf, Baqoutha, Alqosh, and Telkep). These families are the latest in …
Read More »1000 Christian Families Flee North Iraqi City: Governor
Mosul, Iraq – ANP — Nearly 1,000 Christian families have fled their homes in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul following the worst wave of violence against them in five years, provincial governor Duraid Kashmula said on Saturday. The Christians had taken shelter over the past 24 …
Read More »Houses Blown Up As Christians Flee Iraq’s Mosul
Writing by Peter Graff and Editing by Richard Balmforth Mosul, Iraq – Reuters — Militants blew up three empty Christian homes on Saturday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, where more than 800 Christian families have fled in the past two days, a Christian member of parliament said. …
Read More »Iraq MP Calls for Protection of Christians Rights
Kirkuk, Iraq – alsumaria — Chaldean Catholic archbishop in Kirkuk Louis Saka warned of the campaign against Christians in Iraq according to internal and regional plans calling not to be drifted into injustice. Saka urged Christians to attach to their nation and peacefully struggle to mark their …
Read More »Violence in Mosul Forces Iraqi Christians to Flee
By Erica Goode And Suadad Al-Salhy BAGHDAD, Iraq – New York Times — Hundreds of Christians are fleeing Mosul in the wake of a string of killings that appear to be singling out Christians in the northern Iraqi city, where many had taken refuge from persecution in other …
Read More »Syria Turns Journalists Over to US
DAMASCUS – UPI — Two U.S. journalists were handed over to the U.S. embassy in Damascus late Thursday after being detained in Syria. Taylor Luck, 23, and Holli Chmela, 27, were to be returned to Jordan where they work for The Jordan Times, The New York Times …
Read More »Kurdish Officials Block Assyrian Demonstration in North Iraq
North Iraq – AINA — Kurdish officials in Dohuk, north Iraq blocked the Assyrian Democratic Movement (ADM) from staging a demonstration to protest the recently passed Iraqi election law1, which removed seats guaranteed for Assyrians and other minorities in provincial councils. Instead of granting permits to the …
Read More »Posing the moral questions facing the next American president.
George Weigel Newsweek Web Exclusive Oct 6, 2008 | Updated: 2:44 p.m. ET Oct 6, 2008 Between “gotcha” questions and the ubiquitous gaffe-watch, there hasn’t been much serious moral debate in the endgame of this presidential campaign. In fact, there hasn’t been a serious exploration of the moral kernel of so many of today’s …
Read More »Iraqi Lawmaker Attempts to Reassure Christians of Rights
By Jennifer Gold Mosul, Iraq – christiantoday — A senior lawmaker in Iraq spoke on Monday of the “urgent” need to resolve a dispute with the country’s tiny Christian community over the removal of a minority quota system in the provincial elections. Christians in Iraq, who number less …
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