whence_old_saddam_regime_is_better_than_new_iraq 1) Whence Old Saddam_Hussein (now Ace_of_POW)'s Regime is better than New Iraq:- Christians Fear Persecution in New Iraq 040725 ... 25 July 2004 12 minutes ago http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040726/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_christians_on_edge&cid=540&ncid=1480 Most Christians blame concern over a tumultuous security situation for keeping them away from church, but it's only a small part of a greater, and growing, predicament. Numbering some 750,000, Christians are a minority here, and even as secular Iraqis worry about the growing tide of Islamic fundamentalism, 040725 ... kx21 iLInk:- whence_'old_America'_is_better_than_Bush_regime 040727 ... An "amazing" newslink * A_point_in_time * Colin_Powell - The smartest guy in the Bush Administration... Powell: Iraq's Future Depends on Resolve http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040727/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/powell&e=2 1 hour, 39 minutes ago "Democracy is hard," "Democracy is dangerous." 040727 040727 ... An "amazing" newslink * The_Saddam_Magic * In the Circle_of_Concern of Freedom_and_Democracy in Iraq:- 2 August, 2004, 00:27 GMT 01:27 UK http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3526386.stm Interior Ministry spokesman Sabah Karim, described Iraqi Christians as one of the country's most respected communities. Christians rose to the top, notably Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz, and the Baathist regime kept a lid on anti-Christian violence. 040802 ... 2) Christians "Fear" became Fact... 040802 ... a "point" Blasts Target Christian Churches in 2 Iraqi Cities http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1802&e=11&u=/washpost/20040802/ts_washpost/a31840_2004aug1 1 hour, 56 minutes ago BAGHDAD, Aug. 2 -- Car bombs exploded outside five Christian churches in two Iraqi cities during Sunday evening services in coordinated attacks that sent terrified and bleeding worshipers fleeing into the streets as stained-glass windows shattered and flames engulfed the buildings. Eleven people were killed and 47 injured in the assaults, the first such large-scale violence against minority Christians, who have long coexisted peacefully with Iraqi Muslims. 040802 ... 3) 2 hours, 6 minutes ago Bombings Scare Minority Christians in Iraq 040802 ... 2 August 2004 BAGHDAD, Iraq - Wissam Sagman was thinking of emigrating recently, fearing his Christian family would not be safe in the new, chaotic Iraq . But he decided to stay. Now, after a series of coordinated bombings at churches in Baghdad and Mosul that killed at least seven people, his fears have grown and he plans to redouble his efforts to get out. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=535&ncid=535&e=10&u=/ap/20040802/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_frightened_christians_2 040802 ... 4 August 2004 Iraq's Christians leave it for Syria and Jordan - at ArabicNews (Aug 4, 2004) 040804 ... Moment_of_truth Sat Aug 7, 6:15 AM ET http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/oneworld/20040807/wl_oneworld/6573914031091873256&e=3 Scared of lawlessness and the crumbling secular atmosphere within Iraq, thousands of Christians have fled to Syria. Saddam_Hussein had enforced secularism with often brutal purges of Islamic groups. 040808 ... a "point" Australian_leaders_should_simply_apologise 040808 ... The Graces from Heaven * The_message_from_Heaven * Australian Iraq policy under fire Sunday, 8 August, 2004, 05:42 GMT 06:42 UK http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3545710.stm 43 Australian former diplomats and defence chiefs:- 'The regime of Saddam_Hussein may have gone, but his removal was not the reason given for going to war,' 040808 ... An "amazing" newslink * a_point_in_time * That the removal of Saddam_Hussein is the_mea_culpa_in_the_21st_century... 040808 ... Moment_of_truth Given 123 above:- 1) Christians Fear Persecution in New Iraq 2) Christians "Fear" became Fact... Blasts Target Christian Churches in 2 Iraqi Cities 3) Bombings Scare Minority Christians in Iraq, and l_a_s_t___b_u_t__n_o_t__l_e_a_s_t_ Iraq's Christians leave it for Syria and Jordan... 040808 ... An "amazing" newslink Lose_the_War_for_the_Battles 040810 ... 16 Oct 2004 Time_and_Causality_of_Karam around_and_across "World's_'number_1'_terrorist":- Five_churches_and_one_hospital_bombed_in_baghdad 041017 ... . "Time_and_Causality_of_Karma" 041017 ... 8 Nov 2004 Militants Attack Iraq Churches, Hospital 2 hours, 31 minutes ago 041108 ... BAGHDAD killing at least six people and injuring 52 others, officials said, in explosions that shook the Iraqi capital as U.S. forces launched their offensive on Fallujah. 041108 ... 16 Nov 2004 Iraq's Christian community flees violence - at MSNBC 1116 (Nov 16), 2004) 041116 ... http http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6501943/ 041116 ... a "Point" "A lot of Christians are trying to get out of the country." Every morning a heaving crowd pushes toward the front window of the Baghdad passport office. It seems like anyone who can afford it is applying for a passport and trying to leave. A half million passports have been issued since June. 041116 ... 1207 Gunmen attack churches in northern Iraq Tue Dec 7,11:47 AM ET 041207 ... . MOSUL, Iraq (AFP) - Two churches in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul came under simultaneous attack, 041207 ... The Graces from Heaven Iraq Christian leader reschedules Christmas Eve mass AFP - Sun Dec 19 (1219), 4:40 PM ET * Christmas * 041220 ... . http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/041219/photos_wl_me_afp/041219214017_iwns0kqa_photo0 041220 ... why not The mood of "Christmas Eve mass" could be "Melted Away" or "faded away"... ? 041220 ... Given Iraq"s Chaldean patriarch Emmanuel has ordered that the usual 10:00 pm (1900 GMT) December 24 service be moved forward to 5:00 pm and also advised worshippers not to travel to present him -- as is the custom -- with Christmas greetings, 041220 ... 1220 Allawi Says Rebels in Iraq Seek Civil War AP - 43 minutes ago 041220 ... . "New Iraqi Interim" Prime Minister Ayad Allawi said the mainly Sunni Muslim insurgents, blamed for Sunday's bloody attacks, want to "create ethnic and religious tensions, problems and conflicts ... to destroy the unity of this country." 041220 ... 2182005 Dozens killed as explosions tear through Iraq on eve on Shiite- 3 hours ago 050218 ... . with five bombings killing 36 people in the deadliest day in Iraq since the Jan. 30 national elections... 050218 ... ... the_fate_of_Iraqis_is_as_good_as_Palestinians... 050220 what's it to you? who go blather from