http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16209/in-20-years-there-will-be-no-more-christians-in-iraq Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Sun, 19 Nov 2006 18:22:34 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16209/in-20-years-there-will-be-no-more-christians-in-iraq/comment-page-1#comment-20 War - Afghanistan, Iraq, North Korea at Bene Diction Blogs On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 05:53:51 +0000 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16209/in-20-years-there-will-be-no-more-christians-in-iraq#comment-20 [...] Iraqi Christians flee civil war in Iraq Yet their exodus has gone largely unreported, despite the fact that both George Bush and Tony Blair have spoken about how their own Christian beliefs have informed their policies in Iraq. In one of his first speeches after 9/11, the US president described the fight against terrorism as a “crusade”, a characterisation that he wisely dropped but which is habitually repeated by critics of US foreign policy, including al-Qaida and other insurgent groups in Iraq. Many Christians have been accused of association with the multinational force, or of supporting the west. Now Iraqi Christian leaders are bitter that the west has done so little to protect them. [...] [...] Iraqi Christians flee civil war in Iraq Yet their exodus has gone largely unreported, despite the fact that both George Bush and Tony Blair have spoken about how their own Christian beliefs have informed their policies in Iraq. In one of his first speeches after 9/11, the US president described the fight against terrorism as a “crusade”, a characterisation that he wisely dropped but which is habitually repeated by critics of US foreign policy, including al-Qaida and other insurgent groups in Iraq. Many Christians have been accused of association with the multinational force, or of supporting the west. Now Iraqi Christian leaders are bitter that the west has done so little to protect them. [...]

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