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 Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:06 am Post subject: western taxpayers fund Christian militias in Iraq , / Armed |
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Iraq's Christian Militias
By Afif Sarhan, IOL Correspondent
The idea of taking protection in their own hands is very appealing to
Christians. (File photo)
MOSUL — Christians in Iraq have united and formed new militias to
protect themselves against what they describe as targeting by Muslim
extremists in northern Iraq.
"During five years we were victims of the general violence in Iraq but
mainly from violence carried by Islamic extremists who want us to
follow their religious behaviors, though we are from a different
culture and belief," Priest Michel Youssef, militias supporter in
Mosul, told IslamOnline.net.
Few armed Christians started patrolling their areas last year but now
there are 250 of them with official approval from the US army base in
Mosul.
Armed with heavy machine guns and assault rifles, they receive
salaries of around US $250 and are commanded by Father Yusuf Yohannes.
"The idea to form militias was the only way to protect our families
and friends from attacks because we are tired of waiting an action
from the government which is preoccupied with politics and never look
after us," said Youssef.
Christian women in many parts of Iraq, including Nineveh, still wear
Abayas - the traditional full-length cloak - and headscarves to
prevent them from being distinguished from Muslims and avoid becoming
victims of extremist violence.
"I want to walk wearing what I want and eating when I want," said
Louise Annuar, a 38-year-old primary school teacher and mother of two.
"During years we lived in peace in this land where I was born. All
Muslims were happy to be part of our lives, share our thoughts and
respect our decisions," she recalls bitterly.
"Today we are seen as prostitutes for not wearing traditional clothes,
our husbands killed for not fasting or wearing shorts, our children
out from schools and colleges for security reasons and even our
churches closed after constant attacks and threats."
The last census in 1987 counted 1.35 million Christians in Iraq, but
nearly half left during the 1990s when economic sanctions were imposed
by the UN.
Thousands more have left since the 2003 US-led invasion after targeted
attacks left hundreds of Christians killed nationwide.
According to the local Christians Peace Association (CPA), about
350,000 Christians remain in Iraq from 800,000 prior to the invasion.
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kangarooistan
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:34 am Post subject: Re: western taxpayers fund Christian militias in Iraq , / Ar |
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On Aug 19, 8:13 pm, Polly the Parrot <flatulantdi...@deadspam.com>
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| Quote: | On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:06:25 -0700 (PDT) kangarooistan
khan.gu...@gmail.com> wrote:
"Today we are seen as prostitutes for not wearing traditional clothes,
our husbands killed for not fasting or wearing shorts, our children
out from schools and colleges for security reasons and even our
churches closed after constant attacks and threats."
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How does Islam - "The Religion of Peace" - explain this?
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Iraqis who support the ilegal war or occupation get treated as
traitors , instead of citizens pre invasion they are now traitors
nothing unusual in that
christians who support the war criminal occupation forces , must pay
for their war crimes
all christians will need to leave iraq , when the war ends , IMHO
western taxpayers should have considered this before they murdered a
million muslims for israel in an illegal war
Thousands have left since the 2003 US-led invasion after targeted
attacks left hundreds of Christians killed nationwide in payback
attacks.
According to the local Christians Peace Association (CPA), about
350,000 Christians remain in Iraq from 800,000 prior to the invasion.
and they will ontinue to die as western christians murder the muslim
for israel , the iraqi chrstians get to pay with their lives and
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Polly the Parrot
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:13 pm Post subject: Re: western taxpayers fund Christian militias in Iraq , / A |
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On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:06:25 -0700 (PDT) kangarooistan
<khan.gunny@gmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | "Today we are seen as prostitutes for not wearing traditional clothes,
our husbands killed for not fasting or wearing shorts, our children
out from schools and colleges for security reasons and even our
churches closed after constant attacks and threats."
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How does Islam - "The Religion of Peace" - explain this? |
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Raptor
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:58 pm Post subject: Sina's Challenge - I receive many emails from angry Muslims, |
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Sina's Challenge - I receive many emails from angry Muslims, who
sometimes beg me, and sometimes order me to remove this site. I consider
both, pleading and bullying, signs of psychopathology. Argumentum ad
baculum and argumentum ad misericordiam are both logical fallacies.,,If
you do not like this site and want me to remove it, instead of acting as
a bully or as a victim, disprove my charges against Muhammad logically.
Not only will I remove the site, I will publicly announce that Islam
is a true religion. I will also pay ,,$50,000 U.S. dollars ,,to anyone
who can disprove any of the dozen of the accusations that I have made
against Muhammad. I accuse Muhammad of being:,a narcissist a
misogynist a rapist,a pedophile a lecher a torturer -
http://www.faithfreedom.org/challenge.htm |
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