ISIS terrorists crucify and slaughter Christians in droves in Iraq!
The following is a copy of a letter sent to President Barack Obama from Rep. Frank Wolf and Rep. Anna Eshoo, sent to me via email from a friend in Congress.
It reads as follows:
June 18, 2014
President Barack Obama
White House 1600 Pennnsyvania Ave
Washington D.C 20500
Dear Mr. President:
Many Americans have been deeply troubled by the unfolding crisis in Iraq. The rapid fall of multiple Iraqi cities to the terrorist Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, ISIS, brings the militant group notably closer to its declared aim of establishing a caliphate that spans the northern sections of Syria and Iraq.
A June 12 BBC article described ISIS in the following way: “The group has a reputation for brutality. Parts of Syria and Iraq that have previously fallen under its rule have witnessed summary execution, beheadings, and even crucifixions.”
It is against this backdrop, Mr. President, that we write to you bearing in mind recent reports from Archbishop Bashar M. Warda of the Chaldean Diocese of Erbil. While his particular diocese is relatively calm at the moment, the picture that he painted, consistent with news report, of the situation in Mosul and the implications for Iraq’s ancient Christian community and other religious minorities was bleak and sobering.
For years, we have witnessed a precipitous decline of Iraq’s Christian community. Thousands have fled in the face of targeted violence. Many of those that remained relocated to Mosul and the Nineveh Plain. To people of faith, Nineveh is a familiar name: the site of a dramatic spiritual revival as told in the Biblical book of Jonah. These areas were one of the last remaining havens for this beleaguered community. In fact, Archbishop Warda indicated that this past Sunday, for the first time in 1,600 years, there was no Mass said in Mosul.
For the thousands who have already fled Mosul, they are facing not just displacement and imminent danger, but a growing humanitarian nightmare marked by lack of access to clean water, food, fuel, and electricity.
As such, Mr. President, we urge you and your administration to urgently and actively engage with the Iraqi central government and the Kurdistan Regional Government, KRG, to prioritize additional security support for these particularly vulnerable populations and expanded humanitarian assistance and emergency aid delivery to those affected communities.
Absent immediate action, we will most certainly witness the annihilation of an ancient faith community from the lands they have inhabited for centuries.
Signed:
Congresswoman Anna Eshoo
Congressman Frank Wolf