Iraq; Abraham's “Children of a Lesser God” ?

Felicity Arbuthnot, UNObserver

Iraqis have been subject to such heights of ritual humiliation, torture, slaughter by the barbarians through the gate, that it is hard be further shocked. Appalled, outraged, reduced to near incoherent rants to public representatives, yes, but shock, seldom. Now it transpires that America's crusading Christian soldiers are evicting the monks from the monasteries to make quarters for occupation troops, according to Azzaman, Churches too are being evacuated. Patriarch Emanuel Deli, Head of the Chaldean Community in Iraq, is quoted as saying: "U.S. and Iraqi officials are responsible ... They have insulted and humiliated our temples and churches", he said, pleading with the international community to intervene. U.S. troops, reports Azzaman, "have turned one of Baghdad's largest monasteries, where the Chaldeans had a theology college and seminary, into a military barracks". Nearly every report on soldiers or their families refers to their unwavering faith in God sustaining them in their missions and if they become casualties, belief that they are now with their Maker. Are Iraqi Christians, established in Iraq since the time of Christ, children of a lesser God?...

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