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Iraq – uscirf — The persecution of Christians and other non-Muslim minorities in Iraq has reached a critical mass and finally, Washington is taking notice. On July 25, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) conducted a hearing to gather information regarding the volatile situation facing the …
Read More »Religious and Ethnic Persecution Continues in Iraq: Facts Reported to U.S. Commission
America – CASCA — If the targeted persecution and deadly violence against Christians continues in Iraq, it may be the end of the presence of this ancient people who have inhabited that land for more than 6,000 years. That is the message the Chaldean Assyrian Syriac Council of …
Read More »Lebanon Charges Over 100 With Terrorism
BEIRUT, Lebanon – AP — Lebanon has charged over 100 suspected militants with terrorism, accusing them of belonging to an al-Qaida-inspired group that has been battling the army for almost three months, a court official said Saturday. Prosecutor General Saeed Mirza filed the charges on Friday, targeting 107 …
Read More »Assyrian Man Admits to Embezzling $38,000
By Rick Guinness NEW BRITAIN – bristolpress — The former treasurer of the Assyrian National Association at 39 South St. has confessed to embezzling funds from the club for more than a year and a half, according to police who arrested him Thursday. Edwin Hormoz, 37, of 50 Dogwood …
Read More »Netherlands Agrees to Host Lebanon Tribunal
By Rick Guinness UNITED NATIONS – AP — The Netherlands has agreed to host the tribunal that will prosecute suspects in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, the United Nations announced Friday. U.N. spokeswoman Michele Montas said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was pleased to receive a letter …
Read More »Lebanon Terror: The Syrian Connection
Beirut – AINA — On August 13, 2007, Lebanese Army General Michael Suleiman shed some light on the military situation in Naher El Bared and the fight against Fateh el Islam terrorist group. In the process, General Suleiman mentioned that such a terrorist group is definitely linked to …
Read More »Iraqi Officials: Truck Bombings Killed At Least 500
BAGHDAD( Iraq) – CNN — The death toll in the suicide bombings Tuesday in northern Iraq has risen to at least 500, local officials in Nineveh province said Wednesday. Iraqi Army and Mosul police sources earlier put the number at 260, but said it was likely to rise. …
Read More »Vigil Held in Australia for Iraq’s Assyrians
Australia – fairfieldchampion — Fairfield Assyrian women held a prayer vigil to pray for christians in Iraq. The vigil was held at St Mary’s Parish, on Tuesday, August 14, on the eve of the Feast of St Mary and the conclusion of the Assyrian Christian Women’s Conference.More than …
Read More »2 -U.S.-bound Chaldeans Held in Mexico
By Sean Mattson MONTERREY, Mexico – mysanantonio — Two Iraqis traveling to the United States were arrested Monday at the Monterrey International Airport with fake Swiss passports, authorities said. The two men, who said they were Chaldean Christians ages 25 and 30, were fleeing discrimination in war-torn Iraq, said …
Read More »Egyptian Christian Convert Vows Not to Give Up
By Ethan Cole Egypt – Christian Post — Death threats, his family’s renunciation of him, and condemnation from most of Egypt have not deterred Christian convert Mohammed Ahmed Hegazy from pursuing his historic case to seek official recognition for his conversion from Islam to Christianity. “I know there are …
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