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| Iraq: Kidnapped Chaldean archbishop found dead |
| 2008-03-13 |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #9 May be mistaken but IIHC FOX > the good ARCHBISHOP served a Christian community of nearly or roughly 1/2 Milyuhn, but whose population is now down to approxi 15000 due mostly to Violence-induced Christian emigration from Iraq??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-03-13 23:12 |
| #8 tw, according to the Wikipedia article on Aziz, he was the ONLY high ranking Chaldean Catholic official in Saddam's administration. |
| Posted by: Rambler in California 2008-03-13 21:22 |
| #7 Weren't there a surprising number of Chaldeans in high places in the Saddam Hussein's regime? I seem to recall Tariq Aziz who met with the previous pope... |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-03-13 19:19 |
| #6 if we weren't there, the region might be more "stable" In other news, Yasser Arafat is still in stable condition. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2008-03-13 17:39 |
| #5 The article implicitly blames the US for not bringing "stability" to the region. Unfortunately, if we weren't there, the region might be more "stable", but I doubt the Chaldean church would be better off. In fact, it would probably be a whole lot worse off. |
| Posted by: Rambler in California 2008-03-13 16:53 |
| #4 the death cult of islam strikes again. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2008-03-13 14:12 |
| #3 They may need a reminder of just how vicious we can be if they manage to piss us off sufficiently. Charles the Hammer Martel. Vlad the impaler comes to mind as well, as do Hiroshima and Nagasaki. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-03-13 14:06 |
| #2 Islam is the Religion of Savagery™. |
| Posted by: RD 2008-03-13 13:08 |
| #1 From another article... The Chaldean church, to which he belonged, is an Eastern-rite denomination that recognises the authority of the Pope and is aligned with Rome. There are just over 600,000 Christians in Iraq, less than two per cent of the population, but Chaldeans are believed to be the largest grouping. Since the US-led invasion in 2003, Iraqi Christians have been targeted by Islamist extremists who label them "crusaders" loyal to U.S. troops. Churches, priests and businesses owned by Christians have been attacked by Islamic militants, and many have fled the country. I'm sure The Organisation of the Islamic Conference sees this as another inevitable result of Islamophobia™... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-03-13 11:36 |