Congresswoman Candy
Miller, vice chair of the House
Homeland Security Committee, said today that the Obama administration and the
international community should come to the aid of the Chaldeans and other Christians
living in the area north of Baghdad who have been forced from their homes in
Mosul by the militants associated with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS.
Miller, vice chair of the House
Homeland Security Committee, said today that the Obama administration and the
international community should come to the aid of the Chaldeans and other Christians
living in the area north of Baghdad who have been forced from their homes in
Mosul by the militants associated with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS.
Here is what the BBC is reporting:
“Christian families are on their way to Dohuk and Irbil,” in the neighbouring autonomous region of Kurdistan, Patriarch Louis Sako told the AFP news agency.
“For the first time in the history of Iraq, Mosul is now empty of Christians,” he said.
The patriarch, one of the most senior Christian clerics in Iraq, said militants had been seen tagging Christian houses with the letter N for “Nassarah”, a term used for Christians in the Koran.
Here’s the statement
by Miller, a Harrison Township Republican:
by Miller, a Harrison Township Republican:
For nearly two millennia,
Christians have been living and worshiping across Iraq, but these ancient
communities are now suffering a near genocide at the hands of the Islamic
extremist group ISIS. Christians in Mosul, Iraq, were threatened by ISIS
and offered three options: convert to Islam, pay a religious tax, or die by the
sword.
Christians have been living and worshiping across Iraq, but these ancient
communities are now suffering a near genocide at the hands of the Islamic
extremist group ISIS. Christians in Mosul, Iraq, were threatened by ISIS
and offered three options: convert to Islam, pay a religious tax, or die by the
sword.
As a result, most have
been forced to flee, with all of their possessions stolen by the terrorists.
Many have been forced to convert against their will, and others have been
outright slaughtered by these barbarians. Such actions cannot be allowed
to stand, and it is long past time for the world community and the Obama administration
to provide the promised help to the Iraqi Christian community.
been forced to flee, with all of their possessions stolen by the terrorists.
Many have been forced to convert against their will, and others have been
outright slaughtered by these barbarians. Such actions cannot be allowed
to stand, and it is long past time for the world community and the Obama administration
to provide the promised help to the Iraqi Christian community.
The Kurds in northern
Iraq are to be commended for stepping up and providing some measure of support
and security for fleeing Iraqi Christians, but they need assistance. The
administration needs to step up and
help the Kurds and leaders of the Iraqi Christian community. The administration must also forcefully advocate for the
creation of a new province in the Iraqi Nineveh Plane which can serve as a safe
haven for Iraqi Christians working hand-in-hand with the Kurds.
Iraq are to be commended for stepping up and providing some measure of support
and security for fleeing Iraqi Christians, but they need assistance. The
administration needs to step up and
help the Kurds and leaders of the Iraqi Christian community. The administration must also forcefully advocate for the
creation of a new province in the Iraqi Nineveh Plane which can serve as a safe
haven for Iraqi Christians working hand-in-hand with the Kurds.
The Iraqi Christians
have not taken up arms against any group and have only hoped to live in peace
in a region where they have been for nearly two thousand years. Promise
after promise has been made to provide them security, and each time those
promises have not been kept. It is time to keep those promises.
have not taken up arms against any group and have only hoped to live in peace
in a region where they have been for nearly two thousand years. Promise
after promise has been made to provide them security, and each time those
promises have not been kept. It is time to keep those promises.
You call her "Candy"?