Christian Assyrians face Oppression and
Murder in Iraq with the Rise of Islamists and
Kurdish Power
Complied by Fred Aprim
In the last 18 months, violence against,
attacks on, and cold blood murder of Assyrian
Christians have increased with the rise of
Islamists groups. Furthermore, oppression and
marginalization of Assyrians in north of Iraq
has taken new phase with the rise of Kurdish
power in Iraq.
Below is a list of such oppression and murder by
year. This is only reflects the reported acts of
course. Much other violence acts and murder are
not reported by the various media outlets or
have not come to our attention for one reason or
another.
2003
* April 10, 2003 (Kirkuk) Hazim Petrus Damman,
a chemical engineer, killed during Kurdish raid
www.zindamagazine.com issue 4/28/2004
(http://www.aina.org/releases/karkukmosul.htm)
July 17, 2003 (Baghdad) Husam George Tobeya,
31 years old, married and had one son. He was
shot dead at a gas station in Baghdad.
Consequently, his wife left Iraq. She and her
son are currently in Jordan waiting to immigrate
to the United States.
(Information received through relatives in the
U.S.)
* July 19, 2003 (Mosul) A 16 year old girl,
Hilda Zuhair Istifan, was kidnapped in front of
her home in the Muthana district of Mosul. The
kidnapping was conducted by Muhamad Thiya Al-din
Jasim, a cousin of Saddam Hussain, and the son
of high ranking army official in Saddam's army.
Muhamad's unlce was the director of Saddam
terrorist army group, Fida'yeen Saddam.
(http://aina.org/releases/20040613151448.htm)
* August 19, 2003 (Tikrit) Nadan Yonadam of
Modesto, killed while working with the U.S. Army
as a civilian translator.
www.zindamagazine.com issue 9/1/2003
* October 3, 2003 (Khaldiya) Napoleon and his
son killed in front of their home
www.zindamagazine.com issue 10/6/2003
(Associated Press, 3 October)
* October 7, 2003 (Mosul) Safa Sabah Khoshi
killed (and his cousin Mr. Meyaser Karim Khoshi
critically injured) when his liquor store was
attacked by RPG grenade.
(http://aina.org/releases/20040613151448.htm)
* October 12, 2003 (Falluja) Danny Isaac and
William Cesar killed in front of their homes
www.zindamagazine.com issue 10/20/2003
* October 20, 2003 (Kirkuk) Zinda Magazine
reports that a rocket-propelled grenade hit the
office of the Assyrian Democratic Movement in
Kirkuk on Sunday. Jevan Jerges, 29 was injured
in the attack.
(http://aina.org/releases/20040613151448.htm)
* November 4, 2003 (Mosul) Ismail Yousif
Sadeq, an Assyrian judge, shot dead outside his
home
www.zindamagazine.com issue 11/3/2003
* November 18, 2003 (Basra) Sargon Nano, the
Assyrian Democratic Movement (Zowaa)
representative in Basra, killed
www.zindamagazine.com issue 11/17/2003
* November 20, 2003 (Mosul) Bombs have been
discovered and leaflets found demanding that
Christian students become Muslims or face death
at schools in Baghdad and Mosul (northern Iraq)
(ASSIST News Service)
(http://aina.org/releases/20040613151448.htm)
* December 24, 2003 (Basra) Bashir Toma
Elias, killed by a single shot to the head.
(Rueters)
www.zindamagazine.com issue 12/29/2003
(http://www.sotaliraq.com/file/article_2003_12_30_44158y.html)
* December 2003 (North of Iraq)
ChaldoAssyrian Student Union boycotts elections
due to unfair and oppressive acts by Kurdish
groups.
www.zindamagazine.com issue 12/29/2003
* December 2003 (Basra) Assyrians leaving
Basra due to terror and killings.
(http://www.sotaliraq.com/file/article_2003_12_30_44158y.html)
2004
* January 21, 2004 (Falluja/Ramadi) Four
women were killed and the other five were
injured. The victims, who were Armenian or
Assyrian Christians, worked at a nearby U.S.
military base in Habbaniyah. The women worked in
the laundry. (Associated Press)
* January 22, 04 terrorists attacked Elishwa
(Alicia) Bedel Naser
(Assyrian Star magazine Winter 2003 issue.)
* January 24, 2004 (Telkepeh) The attempted
assassination of the mayor of the Telkepeh
district (north Iraq), which includes several
Chaldo-Assyrian villages. Mayor Wathah Gorgis
was in his car returning from Mosul after
meeting with the governor of Nineveh when his
car was meet with sprays of bullets near the
dentistry college of Mosul. The district Mayor
lives in the village of Telkepeh which has had
its Christian population drop from 98% to 50%
with 4 mosques built in and a fifth underway.
(http://aina.org/releases/20040613151448.htm)
* January 25, 2004: Bahra Newspaper reports that
Dr. Sarmad Samee was shot in Basra.
(http://aina.org/releases/20040613151448.htm)
* February 11, 2004 (Mosul) The Associated Press
reports that Gunmen firing from a car attacked
an office of the Assyrian Democratic Party in
Mosul, injuring one security guard, according to
party member Napoleon Fatou.
(http://aina.org/releases/20040613151448.htm)
* February 17, 2004 (Ankawa) Oppression of
Kurds
Members of the ##### Students Union are
indulging in activities that do not reflect
democratic practices. On February 17, 2004 at
the Ankawa Boys High School, a group of students
from the ##### Students Union entered classes
against all rules and regulations and while
classes were in session and distributed
applications to student to join the #####
Students Union. The ChaldoAssyrian Students and
Youth Union protests such inappropriate,
illegal, and unfair activities that interfere
with the students' studies.
www.zindamagazine.com
* March 17, 2004 (Baghdad) Assyrian family
dead and others wounded after bomb attack:
1. Marta Eskharia (mother)
2. Odisho (father)
3. Farid (son)
4. Zaia (son)
5. The older daughter, Shmoni, survived as she
was in Dohuk. Her daughter severely wounded.
Wife of Farid is also severely wounded.
http://www.aina.org/bbs/index.cgi?read=21336
* March 22, 2004 (Baghdad) Zinda Magazine
reports that Assyrian Elderly couple, Ameejon
Barama and his wife Jewded were brutally
murdered in their own home by Militants in the
town of Dora, near Baghdad, Iraq. The husband's
throat was slashed and the wife was struck
repeatedly to the head.
(http://aina.org/releases/20040613151448.htm)
* March 26, 2004 (Kirkuk) Lieutenant Romeo
Esha David, a member of the Assyrian Democratic
Movement, was killed in his home.
www.zindamagazine.com (issue 3/29/2004)
* April 4, 2004 (Miqdadiya) Emad Mikha of
Detroit, killed while working with the U.S. Army
as a civilian translator
www.zindamazine.com (issue 4/12/2004) (from
Detroit Free Press, 4/13/2004)
* May 2004 (Baghdad) Nahrain Yonaan, blinded
and her face a battlefield of wounds, from a
drive-by attack and bombing
www.zindamagazine.com (issue 5/24/2004)
(From Los Angeles Times, 5/21/2004)
* May 28, 2004 (Baghdad) Ashor Goriel Yalda
killed in his car with a grenade while on his
way to work.
* June 2, 2004 (Baghdad) Faraj Moshe Markhai,
kidnapped and then killed on 6/4/2004
http://www.ankawa.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=4&topic=1090
* June 7, 2004 (Dora, Baghdad) Drive-by
shooting results in the death of four Assyrians
and two Armenians:
1. Esho Nisan Marqos
2. Ramziya Enwiya Youkhanna
3. Duraid Sabri Hanna
4. Alice Aramayis
5. Aaida Bedros Boughos
6. Munah Jalal Karim
www.zindamagazine.com (issue 14 June 2004)
(http://www.aina.org/news/20040614200324.htm)
* June 10, 2004 (Baghdad) Janan Joseph, an
Assyrian Christian, was shot and killed inside
his home in al-Mansour quarters along with ten
more Christians in the quarter.
http://www.sotaliraq.com/newiraq/article_2004_07_19_4004.html
* June 16, 2004 (Sulaymaniya)
Edmond Anwar (Sulaymaniya) Lost a lot of money
and merchandize when his alcohol and cigarette
shop was robbed.
http://www.ankawa.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=4&topic=1091
* June 20, 2004 (Mosul)
Raymond Farouq Shimun (a 22 years old and son of
Farouq and Juliet) was slain by the forces of
evil in Mosul. His head was partially cut and
his hands and legs were smashed. There was signs
or effects of knife on his body, which suggest
that he was terrified and suffered before he
died. His body was thrown in a cemetery (a
valley outside the city), after he was kidnapped
on June 17 (about 8:30 pm by five armed men not
far from his home).
* June 23, 2004 (Basra)
Two Assyrian sisters, Janet and Shatha Sadah
Odisho (Audishow), aged 38 and 25, were shot
dead in a car while returning home from work in
Basra. The two sisters worked for Bechtel, a
U.S. company.
* June 26, 2004 (10:00 a.m.) Mosul. Two
unidentified persons in a silver Opel throw a
hand bomb at the Holy Spirit Church (al-Rooh
al-Qudos) in the Akha' quarters in Mosul. The
explosion caused injury to a women who is the
sister of Fr. Ragheed, the church priest. She
was taken to hospital.
http://www.ankawa.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=4&topic=1162
* July 11, 2004 (Baghdad) Two Assyrian
children from the Chaldean Catholic Church: Sami
(6) and Rami (4) were killed in front of their
home when rockets fell in their neighborhood in
center of Baghdad.
http://www.ankawa.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=4&topic=1205
http://www.ado-world.org/en/iraq.php?id=175&lang=ar
London - Al - Sharq Al-Awsat Newspaper, July 11
/ 2004
* July 11, 2004 (Baghdad) Terrorists entered
an Assyrian Christian home while the parents
were out and shot to death at point blank range
Raneed Raad 16 and her sister Raphid 6. The
Assyrian family has been threatened earlier;
still, no measures were taken to protect it.
http://www.assyrianchristians.com/commentary_massacre_july_11_04.htm
* July 2004 (Dohuk) Latest news from Iraq
indicate that the Kurds and ##### Democratic
Party (KDP) officials under Masuad Barazani are
preventing Assyrians from moving back to their
original homes in Dohuk, north of Iraq, with the
situation in Baghdad not improving. Meanwhile,
the Kurdish officials have allowed many Kurdish
families from Qamishli, Syria to move into
Dohuk. These foreign Kurdish families have
crossed the Iraqi borders and the KDP has
secured for them food, shelter and all means
possible to assist them to settle. Furthermore,
the Kurds and KDP are forcing Assyrians to raise
Kurdish flags in certain Assyrian villages and
on top of Assyrian offices and homes in others.
* July 17, 2004 (Mosul) An unidentified group
using automatic weapons entered a pizza shop at
the al-Zihoor quarters around 3:00 p.m., shot
and killed Adeeb Aqrawi, an Assyrian young man,
working at the shop.
http://www.ado-world.org/en/news.php?id=336&lang=ar
* July 19, 2004 (Mosul) Sources stated that
unidentified attackers equipped with automatic
weapons attempted to kidnap an Assyrian man,
Hani Yohanna Naoom (43) around 7:00 a.m. near
his convenient shop on Dawasa Street, near the
government building. The victim tried to escape
from his kidnappers; he was shot and killed.
http://www.ado-world.org/en/news.php?id=336&lang=ar
* July 22, 2004 (Dohuk) Masuad Barazani and
the Kurdish officials of ##### Democratic Party
(KDP) in Dohuk have been marginalizing the
presence of Assyrians in the supposedly new
democratic Iraq. This, the KDP had practiced
since 1992. The KDP has used its influence to
install its own people in most of the high and
sensitive administrative positions in Dohuk
province such as deputy governor, qaimaqams for
qadhas, or mayors for villages despite the fact
that the Assyrians make the second largest
ethnic group in the said province and make a
majority in certain of these villages. The KDP's
most recently has prevented Assyrian groups and
organizations such as the Assyrian Democratic
Movement (ADM), ChaldoAssyrian Women Union and
ChaldoAssyrian Student Union in Dohuk from being
part of the special electoral committee and from
nominating their representatives from this
province (governorate). This special electoral
committee is to participate in the Iraqi
national conference planned for end of July
2004. This, the Kurds have done despite the fact
the Assyrian Democratic Movement has been part
of every opposition group meetings before the
fall of Saddam, then was part of the Iraqi
Governing Council and today is part of the Iraqi
Cabinet and is part of the high commission that
is setting the stage for the national
conference. Worth mentioning that from this
national conference, a temporary Iraqi national
Assembly should be selected until the national
elections are held in January 2005and a
permanent assembly is elected. The KDP is in
violation of all previous agreements and
understanding reached upon by Iraqi opposition
groups before and since the fall of the Ba'ath
regime. Every political group, institution,
tribes, segment of society and notables were to
take part in the democratic political process in
the new Iraq.
Assyrians in the Diaspora call upon the Iraqi
President, Prime Minister, government agencies,
the United Nations and world organizations to
interfere and undo the Kurdish oppression,
marginalization and trespassing against the
Assyrians in north of Iraq.
* August 1, 2004 (Baghdad and Mosul). Five
Assyrian (also known as Chaldeans and Suryan)
and one Armenian Churches were bombed
simultaneously in Baghdad and Mosul. Twelve
Assyrians were killed and some 60 injured. The
churches are:
1. Church Sayidat al-Najat (Our Lady of
Salvation) - Karrada (Baghdad) - Syrian
(Assyrian) Catholic Church
2. Church Sayidat al-Zohour (Our Lady of the
Flowers) - Karrada (Baghdad) - Armenian Catholic
Church
3. Sts. Peter & Paul - Doura, al-Meekanik
quarters (Baghdad) – Chaldean Catholic Church
Seminary
4. St. Paul Church - Center of Mosul
5. St. Elia - Ni'aayriyya oo Gayyara (New
Baghdad) - Chaldean Catholic Church
6. St. Mary's Church in east Baghdad (car bomb
disarmed by police)
*August 31, 2004 (Bartella). Three Assyrian
girls were slaughtered in the Assyrian village
of Bartella near Mosul while returing home from
their work at a hospital in Mosul where they
worked. Few days earlier, terrorists left CDs in
the region filming the slaughter of two other
Christians of the same town.
http://www.ankawa.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=4&topic=1631
The three women are Tara Majeed Betros
Al-Hadaya, Taghrid Abdul-Massih Ishaq Betros and
her sister Hala Abdul-Massih Ishaq Betros.
The attack took place in the section between the
Television area and the Kokajli area on the main
road between Mosul and Bartilla. Also injured in
the attack was another Assyrian woman, ‘Amera
Nouh Sha'ana, who was also returning home to
Bartilla and the Assyrian driver, Naji Betros
Ishaq. The three female victims were in their
twenties.
* September 1, 2004 (Baghdad). In the
district of Karrada (Arkhita), a terrorist bomb
exploded killing Mr. Gewargis Youaresh Nisan. A
timebomb in the aforementioned district that is
heavily populated by Assyrians setup the
explosion.
http://f21.parsimony.net/forum37811/messages/32000.htm
* September 1, 2004 (Mosul). In a terrorist
attack on the Governorate of Nineveh building,
Mr. Nisan Sliyo Shmoel, of the Assyrian
Patriotic Party was injured. Mr. Shmoel was
taken to hospital where he was treated. Mr.
Shmoel was released from the hospital after his
treatment; however, the terrorists were awaiting
his release and targeted him with an unmarked
car (not carrying plate numbers), which they
used to drive him over in front of the hospital
entrance. Mr. Shmoel died immediately. Martyr
Nisan Sliyo Shmoel was 43 years old. Mr. Shmoel
is survived by his wife and six children, five
daughters and one son, with the oldest being 15
years.
http://f21.parsimony.net/forum37811/messages/31999.htm
* September 2, 2004 (Mosul). In the al-Mayasa
(al-Sa'aa) Christian district, Khaled Boulos
(32) and his brother Hani Boulos (28), known
also as the sons of Hasina, were murdered. The
deceased Assyrian brothers were known for their
patriotic stands in Mosul in defending and
assisting other Assyrians. According to
eyewitnesses, on September 2, at noon local
time, a car carrying a group of armed terrorists
pulled by the Boulos brothers, came out of the
car, and began firing heavily at the two
Assyrians, killing them instantly.
http://www.ankawa.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=4&topic=1631
http://f21.parsimony.net/forum37811/messages/31996.htm
* September 10, 2004 (Baghdad) A bomb
exploded at the Assyrian Anglican Church at
al-Andalus Street in Baghdad. The explosion
occurred during the night. No casualties were
reported.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PER170744.htm
* September 10, 2004 (Mosul) On the eve of
September 10, following the celebrations of Holy
Cross day (Aida D'Sliwa), at approximately 11:30
P.M. a mortar attack was launched on the
inhabitants of the Assyrian town of Bakhdeda, in
the Qaraqosh, Hamdaniya District. Three of the
many mortars fell on roofs of homes where
several Assyrians were injured during their
sleep. An accurate count has yet to be made, but
it has been confirmed that a 13 year old child,
Mark Louis Sheeto, was killed and his mother,
Bushra Toma Sheeto, and his 8-year-old brother
Bihnam Sheeto sustained serious injuries. This
attack seems to be part of a string of attacks
planned to drive the native Assyrians out of
their homeland. Bakhdeda (the name was changed
to Hamdaniya by the Saddam Regime as part of the
Arabization process) was felt to be a prime
target as it houses over 30,000 Assyrians and is
at the heartland of the Assyrian region.
http://www.aina.org/news/20040911181922.htm
* September 11, 2004 (Baghdad) This evening,
a car bomb exploded outside the Virgin Mary
Seventh-Day Adventist Church in the Al-Sa‘doun
Park in the center of the Iraqi capital,
Baghdad. According to eyewitnesses, it was
difficult to know firsthand whether the
explosion was an act of a suicide bomber or the
car exploded by remote control. The explosion
caused a great deal of damage to the church
shattering glass windows, but harming no one,
according to the priest and an Interior Ministry
spokesman.
http://www.f21.parsimony.net/forum37811/messages/32035.htm
* September 2004 (Mosul) The beheading of two
Assyrians: Raymond Farooq Shimun and Firas Hadi
Potrus (b. 1978 and Mosul University graduate),
was distributed through a CD in Mosul by an
Islamic group calling itself the Salah al-Deen
al-Ayoubi brigade. The CD did not indicate the
date of the beheading.
http://www.ankawa.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=4&topic=1719
It is worth mentioning that Salah al-Deen
al-Ayoubi was a Kurd and reports from Iraq
suggest that the group is Kurdish Islamist that
is trying to force the Assyrians out of their
ancestral lands.
* September 23, 2004 (Mosul) Threatening
pamphlets were distributed in Mosul University
and walls around campus carried threading
messages to use acid solution to burn the faces
of any girl who does not cover her face with the
hijab (veil) as the university opened its door
for the new school year. The pamphlets stressed
that the threats are not directed at Moslem
girls alone but Christians and Yezidis as well.
Earlier, the faces of two Christian girls were
burned with acid as they were attacked in the
popular gold blacksmith market in Mosul.
Christian and Yezidi girls are afraid of
attending university this year; however, the
university is promising protection.
http://www.ankawa.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=4&topic=1810
* September 27, 2004 (Baghdad) At least nine
Assyrians were killed and few others critically
injured when a bus carrying employees of the
Baghdad Hunting Club (Nadi al-Sayd) was attacked
by unidentified armed men. The attack took place
in early hours of Monday morning as the
employees had left work and on their way home.
Here are the names of the nine killed Assyrians:
'Aamer Nissan (b. 1968), 'Aadel Nissan (b.
1972), Amer Khoshaba (b. 1965), Emanuel Nissan
(b. 1945), Maradona Emanuel (b. 1984), Na'aeem
Gewargis (b. 1978), Bassam Elias (b. 1982),
Rasim Elias (b. 1984), and Amir Shabo.
http://www.ankawa.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=4&topic=1795
(Agence France Presse)
* October 4, 2004 (Mosul) Hazim Sako (Abu
Sarmad) was transferred to a hospital when
gunmen opened fire on him and his family. Sako
owned a liquor store in the Assyrian populated
Dawasa district in Mosul. He passed away soon
after, meanwhile his family struggles for life
in the hospital. We are awaiting for more
details about the murder.
http://www.ankawa.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=4&topic=1852
* October 5, 2004 (Mosul) The Christians of
Ba'asheeqa and Bahzani, near Mosul in north of
Iraq, were shocked this afternoon when they
discovered Fadi's body. The 'Aaid Khidir Shamoon
family was devastated as they witnessed the body
of their 15-years-old son Fadi. Fadi's body was
found burned after he was beheaded. Fadi was
kidnapped while he was riding his bike, which
his father has given to him as a present, in the
'Ain 'alaq orchards in Ba'asheeqa around 12:00
noon. His body was treated in the most barbaric
way; he was mutilated, burned, and thrown in the
Ba'asheeqa-Teez Kharab road in front of
al-'Azzawi ranch.
Earlier, Ba'asheeqa mourned another son, Julian
Afram Yacoub, 14-years-old, when he was hit in
the head with a concrete block and then burned.
The murderers have been targeting innocent
children, which are forcing many Christians and
Yezidis to flee their homes and villages.
http://www.bahzani.net
http://www.ankawa.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=4&topic=1855
* Dr. Sanabel Noel Al-Tabakh, an Assyrian
Christian, was killed in al-Wahda district of
the city of Mosul on her way to work. (Awaiting
further info)
* Taghreed Abd al-Masih Ishaq and her sister
Hala, social service workers were killed in
Mosul. They are residents and natives of the
town of Bartilla, in the Nineveh Governorate.
(Awaiting further info)
* Tara Majeed Putrus, social service worker
was also shot in Mosul. (Awaiting further info)
* October 2004 (Baghdad) latest contacts with
an anonymous Assyrian caller from Baghdad are
confirming that Assyrian neighborhoods are
getting fliers from anonymous people asking them
to convert to Islam. In one instance, the flier
urged the Assyrians to mark in the special boxes
at the bottom of the flier whether they are
converting to Sunni or Shi'aa Islamic sects. The
anonymous caller had eight members in his family
so he had to mark four shi'aa and four Sunni to
avoid antagonizing either parties. Even though
he did not convert to Islam, he had to respond
to this flier as per the instructions. In other
incidents, three Assyrian girls were murdered in
Mechanic district in Baghdad for not wearing
Hijab (Moslem veil) or for dressing improperly.
* On October 5, 2004 According to
www.epd.de in Göttingen, the
Secretary-General of the Society for Threatened
Peoples, Tilman Zuelch who is presently in Iraq,
stated that twenty ChaldoAssyrian Christians
were killed in September of this year alone by
Islamic terrorists and 80 since May 2003. Forty
thousands have left Iraq already to Syria and
Jordan. Furthermore, Christian families in
central and southern Iraq have lost hope in
being able to live in peace among the Arabs,
said Zuelch.
* October 16, 2004 (Baghdad) In an apparently
coordinated strike against Iraq's tiny Christian
community, the church of Saint Joseph in the
west of the Iraqi capital was hit at about 4:00
am (0100 GMT), the spokesman said. Twenty
minutes later, another blast ripped through the
streets at another Saint Joseph church, in Dora,
southern Baghdad. After another 20 minutes,
Saint Paul's church was struck in the same area.
At 4:50 am, the Roman Catholic St. George church
in the central district of Karrada was rocked by
a blast and engulfed in flames, leaving the
wood-built sanctuary completely charred. A fifth
explosion occurred about an hour later at Saint
Thomas church in Mansour, to the west. The
violence resumed hours later when an artillery
shell was fired into a car park between a hotel
and Saint George's Anglican Church, witnesses
and US soldiers said.
AFP
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3749520.stm
* October 16, 2004 (Mosul) 1500
ChaldoAssyrian Syriac students that attend Mosul
University have decided not to attend university
classes effective today. The students have been
harassed repeatedly and have been receiving
numerous threats from terrorists and Islamists
who are taking advantage from the non-stability
and management chaos at the university.
http://www.iraq4allnews.dk/viewnews.php?id=67686ure
http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/content/news_syndication/article_041022xt.shtml
* October 20, 2004 (Mosul) The 18th Session
of the Iraqi National Assembly addressed the
escalating troubles in Mosul. Mr. Yonadam Kanna
stated to the al-Sabah al-Jadeed (The New
Morning) that what is happening in Mosul is
alien to Iraqis. Many families have been
slaughtered and killed. Additionally, Mosul
University imposes strange and unreasonable
customs on the students. Meanwhile, hundreds of
families have abandoned the city of Mosul and
moved to Dohuk and other neighboring towns.
http://www.ankawa.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=4&topic=1969
* October 21, 2004 (Mosul) Mr. Yonadam Kanna,
one of the ChaldoAssyrian representatives in the
Iraqi National Assembly, exposed the unfair and
chauvinistic acts against the minorities in
Mosul, including the Christians, who live under
harsh circumstances. In his interview with
al-Hayat on October 21, 2004, Mr. Kanna exposed
the unfair actions by the Mosul Municipal
Office, which is selling lands that belongs to
minorities and rent them to others. He asked the
Iraqi government to lift infringes and
oppression against the Christians, Shabak, and
Yezidis due to the ethnic and religious
injustice inflicted on these groups by past
subsequent Iraqi governments.
http://www.ankawa.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=4&topic=1975
* October 21, 2004 (Baghdad) Layla Elias
Kakka Essa (aged 30s) lived peacefully in
Baghdad. Economical hardship forced her to seek
employment as an instant translator in the
Assyrian quarters of Dora region in Baghdad to
support her two very young children, Manar and
Mina. She was killed in cold blood on Thursday
October 21 while on her way back home after
completing her tenth day of employment. The
killer mercilessly emptied his bullets in her
head.
http://www.ankawa.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=4&topic=2029
* October 25, 2004 (Mosul) Four unidentified
armed men tried to force themselves inside the
home of Nasrin Shaba Murad, an Assyrian
Christian woman, in the quarters of 17 July in
Mosul. When Nasrin Shaba Murad, a housewife aged
42, tried to escape to her neighbor's home, the
gunmen opened fire and killed her. Nasrin is a
mother of three children. Her body was
transferred to Sinjar where she was buried.
http://www.ankawa.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=4&topic=2019
* October 30, 2004 (Mosul) Ma'an Yousuf, an
Assyrian male, was confronted by three men (two
masked and one unmasked). Yousuf was killed in
his electrical supplies shop in Dawwasa street
in Mosul at 7:30 p.m. when the unmasked attacker
shot him with three bullets in his head and the
three escaped in their car.
http://www.ankawa.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=4&topic=2078
* November 2, 2004 (Baghdad) An unidentified
group surprised and fired upon an Assyrian
family in Dora, Meekanik quarters, south of
Baghdad. 'Alaa' Andrawis (b. 1965), his wife
Evelyn Malkizdaq, and their 10-years old son
were shot at while in their car. Andrawis and
his son were killed instantly, meanwhile, the
mother was injured badly in her head and was
transferred to a hospital where she is
undergoing surgery. 'Alaa' Andrawis and Evelyn
Malkizdaq had three children; the oldest is 12
years old. Fifteen days earlier, Andrawis's
cousin, Yasmin Boodagh, and her daughter were
killed in Dora by a bombed car. Additionally,
beginning of this month, Sargon, son of the
Assyrian poet and writer Odisho Malko, was
kidnapped in Dora. The family had to give the
kidnappers their private car and a certain
amount of money as ransom to secure Sargon's
release.
http://www.ankawa.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=4&topic=2102
* November 4, 2004 (Falluja) Dr. Nadia Hanna
Murqos was killed near Falluja while returning
from Syria. Her husband and son were injured in
the attack on their car.
http://www.ankawa.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=4&topic=2123
* November 8, 2004 (Baghdad) Two bombs
exploded outside two churches in southern
Baghdad quarters of Dora. Three people were dead
and around 40 to 50 injured. The news was
reported in the afternoon by CBS, ABC, and by
FOX NEWS at 3:05 with Brit Hume during his
segment Special Report.
Read also
http://www.ankawa.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=4&topic=2154
The first bomb went off near the Mar Giwargis
(St. George) Church, the U.S. military said.
Witnesses reported that 18 people were slightly
injured in the explosion. The second car bomb
detonated minutes later, less than a mile away,
outside the St. Matthew Church, killing three
people and wounding 34, said a policeman on the
scene who declined to give his name.
Also reported by Daily Times, Reuters (NY), Los
Angeles Times, and
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Nov2004/n11082004_2004110811.html
* November 19, 2004 (Mosul) A mortar shell
killed two Assyrian brothers of the town of
Bartella. Muntadir As'aad Matti and Bashar
As'aad Matti were killed while at work when the
bomb fell on the shop they worked at in Mosul
market.
http://www.bartella.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1669&sid=be7b477051b949af465606ea30fda461
* November 21, 2004 (Mosul) Sami Esho
Khoshaba, aged 19, and a member of the Assyrian
Democratic Movement (ADM), was a cadre in the
al-Karkh Branch in Baghdad. He was shot and
killed in Mosul, whilst on leave.
* November 21, 2004 (Baghdad) Essarhadon Elia
al-Qas Oraham (born 1977) was killed near
al-Mashriq Club in Camp Sara quarters around
8:00 p.m. Sunday night. The two killers
attempted to steal his Ford car, which he used
privately and sometimes as a taxi, however, he
resisted and they shot him. He leaves behind a
wife and a 2-years-young girl.
http://www.ankawa.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=4&topic=2256
* November 30, 2004 (Salah al-Din) Sabih
Mousa Abada (born 1949), married with five boys
and three girls, was killed when a car bomb
exploded on a side road in Baiji. Abada worked
as a driver at Baiji refinery. He had stopped to
assist a stalled school bus. Abada was a
resident of the Assyrian town of Baghdeda.
http://www.ankawa.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=4&topic=2325
* December 2, 2004 (Mosul) few days ago, Imad
Jameel Younan (born 1975), married with two
children, was confronted with criminals who
murdered him and stole his private taxi. Younan
was a resident of the Assyrian town of Baghdeda.
http://www.ankawa.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=4&topic=2325
* December 2, 2004 (Mosul) The body of Laith
Antar Khanno (29 years) of Baghdeda was found
near Mosul Hospital in the al-Wahda quarters,
east of Mosul. Khanno was kidnapped two weeks
ago and the kidnappers asked first for a ransom
of $1,000,000 then dropped the figure to
$100,000; however, his family could not come up
with this large amount of money to rescue
Khanno. Khanno had worked for a foreign company
in Baghdad and had traveled to Mosul to open a
branch there. His body was found first and the
head was found later at a distance. Khanno was
married three years ago and had one daughter.
http://www.ankawa.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=4&topic=2329
* December 7, 2004 (Mosul) Two churches, Al-Tahira,
Chaldean Catholic Church, and one of the most
beautiful churches in Mosul and another Armenian
church that was under construction, were bombed
in Mosul today. The first blast struck the al-Ttahira
(meaning the pure, in reference to the Virgin
Mary) Church about 2:30 p.m. in al-Shifa'
neighborhood, eastern Mosul. Ten armed men
stormed the church, planted explosives
throughout it, and set the bombs off wounding
three people and destroying most parts of it. An
hour later, gunmen bombed in al-Wahda
neighborhood, western Mosul, an Armenian church
under construction. No casualties were reported
there.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,140751,00.html
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=586&e=4&u=/nm/20041207/wl_nm/iraq
http://www.peyamner.com
* December 8, 2004 (Ramadi) Dr. Ra'aad
Augustine Qoryaqos, one of the notable Assyrians
of Bartella, was murdered in Ramadi. A group of
three terrorists stormed his clinic while he was
checking on his patients. They shot him and left
him bleed. An operation later failed to save his
life. Dr. Qoryaqos leaves behind his wife and
two children. Dr. Qoryaqos worked as a professor
at the College of Medicine in al-Anbar
University and was a successful surgeon.
http://www.bartella.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1831
http://www.ankawa.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=4&topic=2397
* December 9, 2004 (Baghdad) Few days ago,
two Assyrian Christians were kidnapped from
their business place and then murdered by
unidentified terrorist group. The two Christians
owned a hall used for celebrations in Baghdad.
The first victim is Fawzi Soorish Luqa of
'Ankawa (b. 1961). However, his partner's name
is not been disclosed yet.
http://www.ankawa.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=4&topic=2399
Baghdad - Thursday, February 24, 2005.
As Pithyo Shimun Pithyo was leaving his house in Dora and heading to
work, a car stopped next to his, masked and armed men stepped out, and
began firing on him. Pithyo was hit in the head and chest and was
pronounced dead at the hospital. Pithyo was born in 1946. He was a Civil
Aviation Engineer; he completed his university education in the United
States. He worked as the Head of Engineers in the Iraqi Airlines and was
in charge of the Engineer's Union at the Iraqi Airlines. Bithyo was
married and has one son. Funeral was performed on Friday, February 25,
2005 at St. Shmoni Church in Dora, Baghdad. His third will be
commemorated at the St. Mary's Cathedral in al-Riyad Quarters, Kamp Sara
on Sunday, February 27, 2005.
Nineveh On Line Persecution
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