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Terrorist Attacks on Assyrians Intensify (AINA, June 20, 2004)
On the morning of June 7th a civilian sedan containing four masked men drove into the Christian Assyrian Quarters (Hay Al-Athuryeen) of the Dora district of Baghdad, where the masked men opened fire on Assyrians on their way to work. Four locals were killed and several others seriously wounded. The…
Amid Escalating Fear of Massacres, Assyrians Commemorate Martyr’s Day (AINA, August 8, 2004)
AINA) — Less than one week after the deadly Assyrian Church bombings in Baghdad and Mosul (photo gallery), Iraq, Assyrians once again will gather to commemorate Assyrian Martyr’s Day. August 7 marks the memorial day for legions of Assyrian (also known as Chaldeans and Syriacs) victims of massacres, pogroms, and…
Iraqis Squeezed Out By Kurdish Expansion, Muslim-Centric Constitution (AINA, August 20, 2005)
(AINA) — The postponement of the deadline for a new Iraqi Constitution was received as a reprieve of sorts by Assyrian Christians. The two most important points of contention in the Constitution deliberations are also the two most critical for Assyrian Christians including the growing role of Islam and the…
Assyrian Woman Brutally Murdered By Muslim Extremists in North Iraq (AINA, September 13, 2005)
Mosul, Iraq — She was running errands after leaving the local internet office when Anita Tyadors, 21, an Assyrian college student, was murdered by roaming thugs in the Zohoor region of Mosul, Iraq on August 5, 2005. Ms. Tyadors was targeted by Muslim extremists because she studied and spoke English…
AINA Guest Editorial: A Cry of Help By the Assyrians (AINA, September 27, 2005)
I have been awed by Assyrian art twice: The first occasion was while standing before a huge ancient stone relief depicting a war scene exhibited in the British Museum during my university years. The second was a collection of silver ornaments called ‘telkari’ made by fine threads of silver. They…
Guest Editorial: World Maronites Condemn Iraq Church Attacks, Call for Emergency Action (AINA, October 19, 2004)
(AINA) — The World Maronite Union and its affiliate the American Maronite Union strongly condemns the attacks against five churches in Baghdad today. At 4 AM, on Sunday, the churches of Mar Yussef (St Joseph), Mar Yacoub (St Jacob), Mar Geries (St George), Mar Roum (St Roum) and Mar Tuma…
Looting of Iraq’s Treasures a Profound Loss for Assyrians (AINA, April 19, 2003)
The rapid disintegration of Iraq’s armed forces at the conclusion of Operation Iraqi Freedom created a disastrous vacuum in authority and security for the people of Iraq. In Baghdad alone, news coverage of widespread looting and near anarchy were matched only by Kurdish terror raids into Mosul and Karkuk that…
Armenian forum ban splits Turks (BBC, September 23, 2005)
Turkey’s prime minister and the EU have criticised a court ruling ordering the cancellation of a conference about the 1915 killing of thousands of Armenians. The conference of academics was to debate Turkey’s official approach to the disputed events of 90 years ago. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said stopping…
Author’s trial set to test Turkey, by Sarah Rainsford (BBC, December 14, 2005)
By Sarah Rainsford BBC News, Istanbul The rooms in Istanbul’s Sisli courthouse are tiny. There is barely space for a single wooden spectators bench squeezed between battered metal filing cabinets. But on Friday one of these rooms will be the setting for a test case for Turkey. Turkey’s most internationally-acclaimed…
WRITERS ON TRIAL, by Elif Shafak (Washington Post, September 24, 2006)
By Elif Shafak Sunday, September 24, 2006; B01 ISTANBUL I am a novelist. When I write, I don’t calculate the consequences of what I’m writing. I just surround myself with the story. That’s what I did in writing my latest novel, “The Bastard of Istanbul.” The tale of two families…
