Armed Muslims Begin 'Ethnic Cleansing' in Baghdad by Kenneth Timmerman

"A group of armed Muslims set fire to St. George's Assyrian Church in the Dora neighborhood of Baghdad last week, completing decimating what remained of a church already hit by a deadly fire-bombing in October 2004.

'The bombing of St. George's Church should leave no doubt in anyone's mind that a process of ethnic cleansing has begun,' the Rev. Dr. Keith Roderick of Christian Solidarity International told NewsMax.

'Unfortunately, the United States has put very little pressure on the Iraqi government to establish, as guaranteed by provisions in the Iraqi constitution, an autonomous federal unit of self governance and security for these minorities,' he added.
Wednesday's attack is only the latest in a series of measures by Islamic militants aimed at forcing Christians to leave Iraq.

'There are estimates that nearly 50 percent of the Christians of Iraq have been forced to flee into exile,' Roderick said.' It is lamentable that the international community and the U.S. have not treated this terrible human dilemma with an urgent response.'"

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