Iraqi Parliament Eliminates Article 50, Marginalize Groups

How can these people put captions on pictures without checking sources.

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Iraqi Christians carry Assyrian Church flags, during a protest in Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2008. Hundreds of Iraqi Christians rallied in northern Iraq on Sunday to protest a new provincial elections law they say denies them their rights because it fails to give them a guaranteed number of seats on provincial councils. Amid growing criticism over the issue, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki appealed to parliament and the electoral commission to restore the quota guaranteed in the old election law.
(AP Photo)

Source:  http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080928/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq;_ylt=Au40c0DG1TX8Tpn.M4_mlznlWMcF
 
othur said:
Im with you bro! Screw n. iraq and the quristan region it is Southern Assyria!
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He's not your bro because he just wants to manipulate you to say screw Iraq, and welcome Ikhrestan.  The worst of two evils.

Like I said before here, Iraq goes away, say hello to ikhrestan, with daily bombings from Iran and Turkey. 
 
othur said:
no offense bro but **** erraq as much as qurdistan! They are the same ****! Neither is Assyria so who cares...
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What it means TODAY is safety and protection of those that choose to stay there because they can't do anything else. 
 
BARACK OBAMA     
ILLIONIS 
UNITED STATES SENATE

COMMITTEES
HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS
                             
September 26,2008

The Honorable Condoleezza Rice
Secretary of State
U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20520

Dear Secretary Rice:

I am writing to reiterate my concern about the safety and wel-being of Iraq?s Christian and other non-Muslim religious minorities.

Catholic Chaldeans, Syriac Orthodox, Assyrian, Armenian, and Protestant Christians, as well as smaller Yazidi and Sabean Mandean communities, have paid a heavy price as a result of the conflict in Iraq and continue to face a high level of threat and abuse.  Moreover, Christian and other non-Musllim religious minorities continue to constitute a disproportionately high percentage of the Iraqi refugee population.

In addition to these troubling trends, Christian and other non-Muslim religious minorities continue to face considerable difficulty in ensuring that they are adequately represented in Iraqi governmental institutions.  According to press reports, the new election law passed by the Iraqi parliament leaves out a provision that would have reserved a set number of provincial council seats for non-Muslim religious minorities.

I ask that you provide responses to the following questions:

1)  What progress has been made over the last year in reducing the severe violations faced by these communities of religious freedom and other human rights?

2)  What specific steps has the State Department taken to urge the Iraqi government to provide protection to Iraq?s Christian and non-Muslim religious minorities? Has the Iraqi government been responsive to requests for such protection? What is the U.S. government?s assessment of Iraqi government efforts to protect religious minority communities?

3)  What progress has the U.S. made over the last year in helping to secure asylum for those Iraqis who have a well-founded fear of prosecution?

4)  What steps n the U.S. taking to ensure that Iraq?s Christians and other non-Muslim religious minorities are properly represented in Iraq?s governmental institutions?

I appreciate your consideration and look forward to receiving your prompt responses.

Sincerely,
Barack Obama
United States Senator
 
Concerned Assyrian said:
BARACK OBAMA      
ILLIONIS 
UNITED STATES SENATE

COMMITTEES
HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS
                             
September 26,2008

The Honorable Condoleezza Rice
Secretary of State
U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20520

Dear Secretary Rice:

I am writing to reiterate my concern about the safety and wel-being of Iraq?s Christian and other non-Muslim religious minorities.

Catholic Chaldeans, Syriac Orthodox, Assyrian, Armenian, and Protestant Christians, as well as smaller Yazidi and Sabean Mandean communities, have paid a heavy price as a result of the conflict in Iraq and continue to face a high level of threat and abuse.  Moreover, Christian and other non-Musllim religious minorities continue to constitute a disproportionately high percentage of the Iraqi refugee population.

In addition to these troubling trends, Christian and other non-Muslim religious minorities continue to face considerable difficulty in ensuring that they are adequately represented in Iraqi governmental institutions.  According to press reports, the new election law passed by the Iraqi parliament leaves out a provision that would have reserved a set number of provincial council seats for non-Muslim religious minorities.

I ask that you provide responses to the following questions:

1)   What progress has been made over the last year in reducing the severe violations faced by these communities of religious freedom and other human rights?

2)   What specific steps has the State Department taken to urge the Iraqi government to provide protection to Iraq?s Christian and non-Muslim religious minorities? Has the Iraqi government been responsive to requests for such protection? What is the U.S. government?s assessment of Iraqi government efforts to protect religious minority communities?

3)   What progress has the U.S. made over the last year in helping to secure asylum for those Iraqis who have a well-founded fear of prosecution?

4)   What steps n the U.S. taking to ensure that Iraq?s Christians and other non-Muslim religious minorities are properly represented in Iraq?s governmental institutions?

I appreciate your consideration and look forward to receiving your prompt responses.

Sincerely,
Barack Obama
United States Senator
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Thank you CA - this is a direct result of the Assyrian American National Coalition's lobbying efforts in Washington D.C.
 
This is very serious. There are plans in Canada to protest this. And I hope our people go out everywhere to protest it.

I wonder who was behind it? Hmmmmmmmmmmmm....

ASHOOR
 
How in the name of Maliki's butthole does a bill like this even get passed? I mean, what is the logic behind something like this?

The U.S. should be condemning this law or at least setting up an administrative area in northern Iraq for Assyrians and other minorities.
 
Concerned Assyrian said:
Protests:

http://www.ankawa.com/forum/index.php/topic,225563.0.html

http://www.ankawa.com/forum/index.php/topic,225541.0.html

:blink: Ishtar TV also reported on the ADM protest:

http://www.ishtartv.com/news,4308.html
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may b this is a wake up call for all of us to UNITE, despite what group, organzation and party we belong to.
 
Aga said:
You are wrong about kurdish coalition, they have agreed the new law. Why should they disagree? its for their own best, any waye I have some kurdish sources here, according these source that they are happy with the new  Law of councils for governorates...
http://www.peyamner.com/details.aspx?l=5&id=85024
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see this is something you, and ur ppl. should be ashamed of!!!
you blamed Saddam for his actions aginst you ppl. what difference there is between the Kurds and Saddam ,you guys are all the same a ****, and there is no way you can understand DEMOCRACEY


also, check this out and have some1 translate it to Kurdish for you , what was Rabi Kanna's action on this shamefull act 

http://www.ankawa.com/forum/index.php/topic,224900.0.html

 
waleeta said:
Thank you CA - this is a direct result of the Assyrian American National Coalition's lobbying efforts in Washington D.C.
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Is that right Waleeta??

but why you guys chose Obama? was he the only 1 to listen to you, I am just curious
 
We go to everyone and provide everyone with information.

Many thanks to Senator Obama for choosing to work on our issue.
 
jonadona said:
He's not your bro because he just wants to manipulate you to say screw Iraq, and welcome Ikhrestan.  The worst of two evils.

Like I said before here, Iraq goes away, say hello to ikhrestan, with daily bombings from Iran and Turkey. 
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Jona, I love your Thesaurus,, I've been looking for a synonyms for long time now . Finally I got it  :clap: :clap: :clap:
 
Thanks for that link Tears. Looks like Mr. Kanna was pretty mad about this, that he went on the podium in the Iraqi parliament, and had a shouting match with the shikhtana president of parliament (Mahmoud al Mashhadani)

He mentions it in the interview. I like Mr.Kanna's couragous stand against the parliament, they should know he will not just shut up to their stupid mistakes.

ASHOOR
 
Tears of Assyria said:
see this is something you, and ur ppl. should be ashamed of!!!
you blamed Saddam for his actions aginst you ppl. what difference there is between the Kurds and Saddam ,you guys are all the same a ****, and there is no way you can understand DEMOCRACEY


also, check this out and have some1 translate it to Kurdish for you , what was Rabi Kanna's action on this shamefull act 

http://www.ankawa.com/forum/index.php/topic,224900.0.html
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Sorry dear its not my people and its not my concern. My point was you Assyrians always trusted Arabs, you know what I mean, even today there are a lot of Assyrians whom are ready die for Iraq and want rather rejoin Iraq than Kurdistan despite you are aware of that you Assyrians as Christians won?t achieve more rights with Arabs than with Kurds.
 
ASHOOR said:
Thanks for that link Tears. Looks like Mr. Kanna was pretty mad about this, that he went on the podium in the Iraqi parliament, and had a shouting match with the shikhtana president of parliament (Mahmoud al Mashhadani)

He mentions it in the interview. I like Mr.Kanna's couragous stand against the parliament, they should know he will not just shut up to their stupid mistakes.

ASHOOR
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Its good to see Dear Kanna rising up his voice, He is skillful and smart,I am sure he will do his best to prevent this elimination! and I believe  he is not the only one but also Amu newal Dali had condemn the elimination too. We will see what will happen next.
 
Aga said:
Sorry dear its not my people and its not my concern. My point was you Assyrians always trusted Arabs, you know what I mean, even today there are a lot of Assyrians whom are ready die for Iraq and want rather rejoin Iraq than Kurdistan despite you are aware of that you Assyrians as Christians won?t achieve more rights with Arabs than with Kurds.
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It's not about Arabs in Iraq.  It's about Sunni, Sheit (notice the spelling), and 8oords (also, notice spelling).  They are all the same Sheit.  They will always be a8raad no matter how much you civilize them. 
 
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