A new arrival in the Hate Mail Bag:
My name is William from Detroit, Michigan. Just a note: The influx of Iraqi immigrants that will be arriving in the United States are not going to be Muslim extremists. In fact the vast majority of them will be Christian Iraqis also known as Chaldeans. I hope that you will help educate your pathetic readers of this fact. Chaldeans are Catholic, and speak both Arabic (official language of Iraq), and Chaldean or “Aramaic” (the language of Christ) {see the film Passion of the Christ} the dialogue alternates between Latin and Aramaic. Please put your Israeli flags away and pick up a history book once in awhile. Its amazing what you might learn. You are scum.
Best,
will
And my response:
Hi William. Thanks for writing. In fact, we have chronicled the plight of Chaldean Catholics in Iraq for quite some time, in articles including these:
http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/016846.php
http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/012786.php
http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/016692.php
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/004224.php
http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/014303.php
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/016749.php
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/004935.php
Actually, I am quite familiar with the plight of Eastern Catholics in the Middle East, being one myself.
Unfortunately, however, it doesn’t appear to be true that most of the Iraqi refugees will be Chaldeans or Christians at all, although they are the group most in need.
This story says mosques in Southern California will help resettle them — unlikely if they’re Christians:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=3233636
And this story says the government will not favor Christians over Muslims in refugee applications, so this will probably result in a refugee influx that roughly corresponds to the demographics of Iraq, i.e., over 90 percent Muslim.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2006/12/11/iraqi_exodus_could_test_bush_policy/
Of course, many of these will not be “extremists.” But with no screening of any kind, how can anyone be sure that none will be?
Cordially
Robert Spencer