You know the situation must be dire if even the UN notices. More on this story. "UN concerned as flight of Iraq Christians continues," by Mujahid Mohammed for AFP, October 13 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm):
MOSUL, Iraq (AFP) - More Christian families have quit their homes in Mosul, a local official said on Monday, as the United Nations voiced concern at the community's plight in the northern Iraqi city.One Christian was killed and his nephew wounded late on Sunday when gunmen opened fire in the eastern neighbourhood of Hay al-Ekhaa, the latest in a spate of a dozen murders of Christians in the city over the past fortnight.
But there were no reports of violence on Monday after nearly 1,000 additional police moved into the city.
The violence that began late last month has provoked the exodus of more than 1,000 Christian families since Friday, although the numbers of those leaving had started to drop since the police reinforcements arrived on Sunday, according to the head of Mosul's bureau of displaced people, Jaweat Ismael.
Another 109 families had quit the city on Sunday and Monday, Ismael said, although there was "no new wave of displacements."
An AFP correspondent said Mosul was filled with police manning checkpoints and patrolling churches and residential neighbourhoods in the multi-religious city while volunteer organisations, including the Red Crescent and various church groups, were handing out food and water.
But Jamil Jeto Abdul Ahad, who heads an inter-faith Christian council in the city, was critical of the help offered by the authorities.
"The assistance from the government is very little. We call on the international community to help," he told AFP....
The UN (the initials say it all) needs to be disbanded. It has not accomplished anything of note or worth since its inception. Christians pleading with it will be severely disappointed.
The UN's enthusiasm for calling attention to this singular episode of Muslim persecution of Christians is predicated on one factor and one factor alone....that Iraq is a US client, therefore said persecution is just one more vehicle to bash America.
On the other hand, if it helps mitigate the suffering of Iraqi Christians, who gives a fuck! Washington's inaction in the face of this calamity deserves the world's censure.
What gets me is the name of the AFP reporter - a local stringer? 'Mujahid Mohammed'. Says it all. Mu-J-H-D. 'Jihadist Mohammed'.
what does it take for the MSM or even cable TV to report on this?
the U.N.........pffffffff. What a waste.
When Muslims were pushed out of parts of Serbia it was called genocide. Why isn't the situation in Mosel being called genocide? Why are things so different when it comes to the currently most persecuted groups on the planet (ie Christians)?