{"id":30729,"date":"2018-09-10T08:26:04","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T08:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=30729"},"modified":"2018-09-11T06:10:43","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T06:10:43","slug":"iraq-increase-security-to-protect-us-from-islamist-extremists-urges-archbishop-john-newton-and-murcadha-o-flaherty-acn-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2018\/09\/10\/iraq-increase-security-to-protect-us-from-islamist-extremists-urges-archbishop-john-newton-and-murcadha-o-flaherty-acn-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"IRAQ: &#8220;Increase Security to protect us from Islamist extremists&#8221; urges Archbishop John Newton and Murcadha O Flaherty &#8211; ACN UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>IRAQ<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>&#8220;Increase Security to protect us from Islamist extremists&#8221; urges Archbishop<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As Daesh (ISIS) launches a new spate of attacks in Iraq, a senior Church figure is calling on the West to protect displaced Christian families returning home. Syriac-Orthodox Archbishop Timotheus Mousa Al-Shamani told Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need about his fears for Christian families returning home to northern Iraq\u2019s Nineveh Plains. \u00a0\u201cAn international peace-keeping force should be stationed on the Nineveh Plains. We want a guarantee that our freedom and our security will be upheld,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Despite Daesh\u2019s hold of the Nineveh Plains ending in November 2017, after nearly three years occupation, there are reports of extremist violence elsewhere in the country. Since Iraq\u2019s elections in May, there has been an upsurge of kidnappings and killings by militants claiming to be affiliated to Daesh in the east of the country, especially in the provinces of Kirkuk, Diyala, and Salahuddin. During June there were at least 83 incidents. Most occurred of these on the motorway between Baghdad and Kirkuk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On 17th June, three Shi\u2018a men were abducted by militants disguised as police officers at a checkpoint on the road. The men\u2019s corpses were found ten days later, their bodies rigged with explosives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">These attacks have led to fears of a new Islamist extremist group emerging in Iraq. Archbishop Al-Shamani said: \u201cWe suspect that a group similar to Daesh will evolve in future, whatever it may call itself.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">More than 40 per cent of the Christians driven out of the Nineveh Plains by Daesh have now returned to their homes, as 35 per cent of the houses in Christian towns and villages have been rebuilt. Stressing the need for international help, Archbishop Al Shamani said: \u201cThis summer is very critical for us. We must make every effort to rebuild these villages. The Iraqi government has already told us that it has no money and will not be helping us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Noting that they were still waiting for the US government to deliver on promises to provide relief directly to the Christians in need, Archbishop Al-Shamani said: \u201cWe hear a lot of speeches from President Trump. But we want to see action.\u201d He added that US aid could spur Iraqi political leaders into action: \u201cAll our politicians follow America.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil, who oversaw the care of Christian IDP families who fled to the Kurdish region, told ACN that he was optimistic about the financial assurances from the US government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">While admitting that no money had been forthcoming to date, he said: \u201cI\u2019m firmly convinced that the United States intends to help us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Underlining the lack of help from the international community, Archbishop Al-Shamani stressed that, \u201cWithout the help of church organisations such as ACN, we Christians would not have survived here.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>John Newton and Murcadha O Flaherty &#8211; ACN UK<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IRAQ &#8220;Increase Security to protect us from Islamist extremists&#8221; urges Archbishop &nbsp; As Daesh (ISIS) launches a new spate of attacks in Iraq, a senior Church figure is calling on the West to protect displaced Christian families returning home. 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