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taking Shushan`s advice....

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I did as she asked... Written by Shushan on 10 Feb 2005 08:37:26: As an answer to: To Hanna, Ben or other scholarly types on here written by Shushan on 10 Feb 2005 08:31:42: And if you notice to the right of the article they have a link of responses, and they post alll the response they get from that form at the bottom, so anyone who does respond, remember it is published on that website for all to see.... why I asked you guys to respond instead of me... since I don't know all my facts like you guys do. >I get google news alerts on assyrian keywords and this article comes up about Iraq. http://www.ak13.com/article.php?id=291 And at the bottom of the article, they have a form for people to submit responses, and I would like to ask one of our knowledgeable assyrians who can correct a journalist without insulting etc.. read and correct his errors. He talks about the Kurds as if they are the only minority and the peaceful indigenous people and he does not include Assyrians as the indigenous people of Iraq in this article, and he only mentions Assyrians in the ancient context when speaking of the ancient historical importance of Iraq. I would do it, but I am not as knowledgeable and as subtle as you scholarly types here and I am not as informed nor as well spoken as you guys. >Thank you. ...I sent this to them...my title was "The Assyrians"... "There are none...not the way some Christians use that term. The heritage of the Assyrians lives on...that part is true. But the idea that anyone today is a direct descendant of the original Assyrians is too silly to merit serious consideration...in fact the great Islamic Empire was in many ways merely another expression of the incredible wealth of human development that had preceeded it in that region. The Assyrian Heritage is the heritage of all the people of Iraq...regardless of religion and the Muslim Assyrians, at least, acknowledge that. However, to satisfy Christian claims to exclusity, Muslims would almost have to convert to Christianity before Christian Assyrians would accept them..and who needs their approval? This constant refrain that Iraq belongs to a minority group of Christians, because they insist they and ONLY they are the true and original inhabitants of the land, not only makes them look foolish but has caused real harm to those who wish to live in peace in Iraq and elsewhere because Western Christianity has always had quick and easy access to what is potentially a Fifth Column...citizens of a Muslim country who, for the sake of the religion they share with foreigners, have been too willing in the past to help any Christian invading force that promised to "honor their rights". It is nothing more than a Church ploy to get a Christian enclave and as such will never succeed...however the calls that continue to go out demanding such an outcome continue to harm the safety and status of wiser and saner Iraqi Christians. This peculiar point of view can be attributed directly to the fact that these people come from the villages where only the local and impoverished Christian Church has anything approaching a school...and these "history" lessons are learned at an early age from ignorant and uncultured priests. All Iraqis are descendants of the Assyrians and to claim that ONLY the Christians among them are the original or true Assyrians is...well, patendly absurd. I was raised to believe these same things and never felt comfortable with them. I take great pride in all the people of BetNahrain, Mesopotamia...including the Muslims. I was born in Baghdad and am a sculptor. In 1988 members of the Assyrian community installed a bronze monument I made of Ashurbanipal in San Francisco. I made another monument of Queen Shumirum that was due to be installed in Chicago, until some Christian Assyrians threatened to sue the city...my last attempt to give our young people some pride-of-place for their heritage was a monument of Hammurabi for Detroit...which was also gratefully accepted by the city...but again shot down by local Christians who resent the fact that an Assyrian does not hold fast to their ridiculous notions of what the world owes them in Iraq. I know all about pride in being Assyrian...I`ve demonstarted that, in action, over a twenty year career. I did manage to get one Assyrian monument installed in San Francisco, in a most prestigious location...I could have done more if not for the monumental stupidity of these Christian claims to being the original people of Iraq." ...thanks Shushan. --------------------- - BACK TO INDEX - REPLY - QUOTE - EDIT - DELETE -

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