Apparently, they're the wrong kind of Christian, so we don't need to talk that much about
this happening in Iraq
LONDON (CNS) --- Half of all Iraqi Christians have fled their country since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, said the auxiliary bishop of Baghdad.
Chaldean Catholic Auxiliary Bishop Andreos Abouna of Baghdad went on to say
"What we are hearing now is the alarm bell for Christianity in Iraq," the bishop said. "When so many are leaving from a small community like ours, you know that it is dangerous -- dangerous for the future of the church in Iraq."
Someone can write a sharp and witty commentary about this and can accurately and clearly delineate its causes and meanings, but me, I'm just stupified and stunned by the insane terrible irony of this outcome to the Neo-Christian-Con agenda.
Anyway, I'm just blogging because this is one of so many stories about the reality of Iraq that deserves to be acknowledged.
I think the rules would allow me one more paragraph:
Christians were not being targeted by terrorists any more than other groups ... but the faithful nonetheless felt especially isolated and vulnerable as their numbers dwindled. He added that many Christians remaining in Iraq were either too poor, old or sick to leave.