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Iraqi Christians Seek Return, Sense Extinction

info — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:44:27 +0000

by Kelley B. Vlahos, November
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How easy it is to declare Iraq “turned around” while an ancient people face the swirling desert sands of their own extinction.
While it might sound a bit hyperbolic, there is no denying that the Christian minority (more…)

Iraqi Christians Seek Return, Sense Extinction

info — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:45:07 +0000

by Kelley B. Vlahos,
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How easy it is to declare Iraq “turned around” while an ancient people face the swirling desert sands of their own extinction. (more…)

IRAQ: Minority communities in Nineveh appeal for protection

info — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:45:42 +0000

Photo: Afif Sarhan/IRIN
An estimated 800,000 Christians are left in Iraq (file photo)
BAGHDAD, 15 November 2009 (IRIN) - Iraq’s minority communities in the northern province of Nineveh have appealed to local and national authorities for protection amid warnings of an increase in attacks against them in the run-up to January’s national elections. (more…)

Author Raises his Voice For the Hearts of a War-Torn People

info — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:57:57 +0000

The need for freedom is strong in every man, woman and child. Moreover, it is most strong in people who have none.

Paul Batou, author of My Last Thoughts About Iraq, from Xilbris Corporation (www.paulbatou.com) knows this longing for freedom and has expressed it through his (more…)

Pope approves the election of new archbishop of Mosul, Iraq

info — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:10:50 +0000

By Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — More than 20 months after the body of kidnapped Chaldean Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho of Mosul, Iraq, was recovered, Pope Benedict XVI approved the election of a new archbishop for the city. (more…)

Pope approves new archbishop for beleaguered Archdiocese of Mosul

info — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:01:09 +0000

Vatican City, Nov 13, 2009 / 01:44 pm (CNA).- Catholics in the war-torn Archdiocese of Mosul, Iraq received good news on Friday when Pope Benedict approved Fr. Emil Shimoun Nona as the new Archbishop of Mosul. The archbishop-elect will replace Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho, who was kidnapped by militants last February and found dead two weeks later. (more…)

Iraqi Refugees Discover Security Comes at a Price

info — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:16:22 +0000

Nearly 32,000 Iraqi refugees have come to the United States over the past three years to escape violence and political uncertainty. But as Jeffrey Kaye reports, more refugees are learning that personal safety often comes at the cost of economic security
JIM LEHRER: Now: the growing numbers of Iraqi refugees arriving in the United States. Special correspondent Jeffrey Kaye reports from California. (more…)

Minorities in Iraq’s North Seen as Threatened

info — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:48:02 +0000

By SAM DAGHER
ERBIL, Iraq — The policies and tactics of Kurdish authorities could expose minority groups in northern Iraq to “another full-blown human rights catastrophe” unless the minorities receive better protection, according to a report released Tuesday by Human Rights Watch. (more…)

On vulnerable ground - Violence against minority communities in Nineveh Province’s disputed territories

info — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:24:41 +0000

Source: Human Rights Watch (HRW)
A longstanding territorial conflict in northern Iraq between the Arab-dominated central government in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government, mostly invisible to the outside world, threatens to erupt again. It risks creating another full-blown human rights catastrophe for the small minority communities who have lived (more…)

Rights report criticizes Kurds over minorities

info — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:16:11 +0000

By REBECCA SANTANA
Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD (AP) - The ongoing dispute between Iraq’s central government in Baghdad and the Kurdish authorities in the country’s north threatens to create a “human rights (more…)

Minorities In Iraq Face ‘Catastrophe’, Human Rights Watch Warns

info — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:58:31 +0000

By Nishant Dahiya

Iraq’s minorities — including Yazidis, Shabaks, Turkoman and Assyrian Christians — face a “full-blown human rights catastrophe” as the long-festering territorial dispute between the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the central government in Baghdad “threatens to erupt again,” Human Rights Watch reports. (more…)

Iraq: Protect Besieged Minorities

info — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:57:42 +0000

Yazidis, Shabaks, and Christians Caught in Kurdish-Arab Contest for Control
(Erbil) - Iraq’s central government and the Kurdistan Regional Government should protect besieged minorities in the disputed territories of Nineveh province, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Human Rights Watch documented (more…)

In the Iraq war, Christians pushed to the brink

info — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:54:58 +0000

Iraq’s Christians have been targeted for kidnapping and forced to flee their homes. One advocate says that in a generation, Christians could be gone from the land they’ve lived in for 2,000 years.
By Alice Fordham / Contributor

Arbil, Iraq - At the height of Iraq’s sectarian war, Hana Hormoz’s Baghdad (more…)

Season review: Sweden

info — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:39:26 +0000

by Sujay Dutt from Stockholm
Back in March, twelve of the 16 Allsvenskan coaches predicted that IF Elfsborg would lift the trophy in November. However, it was AIK Solna who showed the most consistency, taking their first league title since 1998 after a race to the wire with IFK Göteborg. The cities of Stockholm and Gothenburg also saw drama at the opposite end (more…)

Urgent/The abolition of four explosive devices near the church of St. Paul in Mosul

info — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:52:41 +0000

Mosul-Ankawa.com
Iraqi army forces annulled the effect of four explosive devices placed near the church of St. Paul, in Al-Thakafa district in the city of Mosul, on Sunday, the 8th of Nov. 2009. An Iraqi army source told the reporter of Ankawa.com that a military engineering team was able to invalidate the four explosive bombs after surrounding (more…)