Growing violence against Christians in Iraq

Looks like, ironically, the Christian presence in Iraq which has been there for nigh on 2000 years, may be indirectly ousted by an action which was ordered by supposedly Christian leaders in the west. It's not as if they weren't warned of these and other consequence which were likely to come to pass. The price is being paid in blood and suffering of first of all Iraqis and then in scapegoating persecution by Christian Iraqis whose presence historically precedes Islam.

As Christians leave their homes out of fear of the violence around them, some have been specifically threatened to force them to leave. Thirty families in Mosul received messages on their mobile phones on 30th September telling them to leave within 72 hours or they would be killed. The continued exodus of Christians from Iraq and persecution of those who remain leads some to predict that there may soon be an end to the ancient Christian presence in this country.

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