news from Syria

jack404 · 06-09-2012, 08:19 PM

An exodus of Christians is taking place in Western Syria: the Christian population has fled the city of Qusayr, near Homs, following an ultimatum issued by the military chief of the armed opposition, Abdel Salam Harba.

This is what local sources told Vatican news agency Fides, pointing out that since the conflict broke out, only a thousand of the city’s ten thousand faithful, were left and they are now being forced to flee immediately. Some of the city’s mosques have issued the message again, announcing from the minarets: “Christians must leave Qusayr within six days, ending Friday.” The ultimatum therefore expired on 8 June and spread fear among the Christian population which had started to regain hope as a result of the presence of the Jesuit Fr. Paolo Dall’Oglio, who stopped off in Qusayr for a week to “pray and fast in the name of peace, right in the midst of conflict.”

The reasons for this ultimatum remain a mystery. Some say it is necessary in order to protect faithful from further suffering; other sources reveal “a continuity in discrimination and selective repression.” Others still claim that Christians have openly expressed their loyalty to the state and this is why the opposition army is chasing them away. Now Christian families in Qusayr have begun their exodus as displaced persons, towards the surrounding valleys and rural areas. Some have taken refuge in parents’ and friends’ homes in Damascus. Very few families have courageously decided to stay behind in their birth city but who knows what fate will meet. Fides sources have reiterated that groups of Salafi Islamic extremists within the armed opposition consider Christians as “infidels”; they confiscate their belongings, carry out mass executions and are ready to declare a “denominational war”.

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now i see why obozo and hillary support the freedom fighters .. they are removing all freedoms!!!

raven818 · 06-09-2012, 08:34 PM

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now i see why obozo and hillary support the freedom fighters .. they are removing all freedoms!!!

The fighting there has stopped representing folks who were looking for some type of democracy. IMO, it was never about democracy. After the individual conflicts spilled over into Lebanon, the news began to report what I think is the true reasons behind it. When the press reported that fighting spilled over into Lebanon, they also said the combatants doing the fighting were Shiite and Sunnis. Hmmmm.

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http://tinyurl.com/88bh5hc
When I asked a Greek-Orthodox Christian Syrian man in Bab-Toma, Damascus, if he agreed with Bashar Al-Assad's socio-political policies he responded that he did not support Assad's oppressive security apparatus, but under his rule he and his family were able to freely attend church mass each Sunday and celebrate Christian holidays like Christmas each year. He followed up by saying that he had no assurance that any other sect in Syria would protect the Syrian-Christian community.

In Syria there exists a diverse set of communities strongly bonded by language, region, religion, and ethnicity. The Sykes-Picot Agreement, the secret deal reached between the colonial British and French during World War I, partitioned the Middle East based on British and French interests rather than the interests of those living in Syria.

The result of the arbitrary divisions made the newly formed Syrian nation a highly ethnically and religiously diverse society - without establishing the governing institutions to harmoniously facilitate such a society. This arrangement led to decades of civil war and coup d'états in Syria until the iron-fisted Assad regime rose to power.

Comprising Sunni Muslims, Christians, Alawites, Druze and Ismaelites, in no other country in the Middle East, except for Lebanon, do such a multiplicity of religious and ethnic groups co-exist. The Alawites or Nusayris, who number about 2,400,000, constitute Syria's largest religious minority.

Assad pretty much allowed, if you will, religious freedoms that aren't permitted in other arab countries. Time to get rid of him.

jack404 · 06-09-2012, 08:40 PM

now the lefties scream we put these puppets into play

ok say we did ?

they held the peace for 40 odd years until the islamist start playing

iraq , yes that was about money , but if saddam and chavez and crew had been able to move the oil market to the euro instead of the USD , 20% of your GDP would have dissappeared , and thats what i think it was about .. not WMD's , but your basic economy

his alternate ?

cut welfare to the parasites

you dont have enough cops or national guard to deal with the result of that one ..

funny how these "dictators " allow way more freedoms than these so called liberators eh ??

06-09-2012, 08:19 PM	#1
jack404 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Contributor Posts: 17,622	news from Syria An exodus of Christians is taking place in Western Syria: the Christian population has fled the city of Qusayr, near Homs, following an ultimatum issued by the military chief of the armed opposition, Abdel Salam Harba. This is what local sources told Vatican news agency Fides, pointing out that since the conflict broke out, only a thousand of the city’s ten thousand faithful, were left and they are now being forced to flee immediately. Some of the city’s mosques have issued the message again, announcing from the minarets: “Christians must leave Qusayr within six days, ending Friday.” The ultimatum therefore expired on 8 June and spread fear among the Christian population which had started to regain hope as a result of the presence of the Jesuit Fr. Paolo Dall’Oglio, who stopped off in Qusayr for a week to “pray and fast in the name of peace, right in the midst of conflict.” The reasons for this ultimatum remain a mystery. Some say it is necessary in order to protect faithful from further suffering; other sources reveal “a continuity in discrimination and selective repression.” Others still claim that Christians have openly expressed their loyalty to the state and this is why the opposition army is chasing them away. Now Christian families in Qusayr have begun their exodus as displaced persons, towards the surrounding valleys and rural areas. Some have taken refuge in parents’ and friends’ homes in Damascus. Very few families have courageously decided to stay behind in their birth city but who knows what fate will meet. Fides sources have reiterated that groups of Salafi Islamic extremists within the armed opposition consider Christians as “infidels”; they confiscate their belongings, carry out mass executions and are ready to declare a “denominational war”. ------------------------------------------------- now i see why obozo and hillary support the freedom fighters .. they are removing all freedoms!!! -->

06-09-2012, 08:40 PM	#3
jack404 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Contributor Posts: 17,622	Re: news from Syria now the lefties scream we put these puppets into play ok say we did ? they held the peace for 40 odd years until the islamist start playing iraq , yes that was about money , but if saddam and chavez and crew had been able to move the oil market to the euro instead of the USD , 20% of your GDP would have dissappeared , and thats what i think it was about .. not WMD's , but your basic economy his alternate ? cut welfare to the parasites you dont have enough cops or national guard to deal with the result of that one .. funny how these "dictators " allow way more freedoms than these so called liberators eh ??