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Some observers say many of Iraq's more than 1 million Assyrian Christians may be forced to flee the country because of growing sectarian violence
Christian Century, Nov 14, 2006
Some observers say many of Iraq's more than 1 million Assyrian Christians may be forced to flee the country because of growing sectarian violence. According to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Assyrian Christians, who made up 5 percent of Iraq's total population before the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, now constitute "upwards of 40 percent of [Iraqi] refugees," most of them fleeing to Jordan and Syria.
Pascale Warda, former Iraqi minister of displacement and migration, said October 18 that the country's Assyrian Christians--also known as Chaldeans--are being targeted by hardline Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims. In addition, Kurds are seizing land owned by some Assyrian Christians and denying them access to water, according to the Iraq Sustainable Democracy Project, which focuses on issues affecting Iraq's minorities.
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