Intelligence Chief Warns

[Mr Gently Benevolent]

Intelligence Chief Warns America’s Iraqi Situation will Hurt Israel
12:18 Jun 01, '04 / 12 Sivan 5764




(IsraelNN.com) Chief of Army Intelligence Major-General Aaron Ze’evi-Farkash warned cabinet ministers during a special security briefing yesterday that America’s growing problems in Iraq will have a negative impact on Israel. The senior officer explained that as America’s situation grow more precarious, additional pressure will be exerted on Israel to make concessions to the PA.

Ze’evi Farkash added that conservatives in the US such as General Anthony Zinni are already pointing a finger in the direction of Israel, blaming Jerusalem for America’s decision to go to war, primarily to protect Israel’s interests. The intelligence commander is also concerned that if Washington is isolated in the international community due to its presence and activities in Iraq, it will neutralize the White House’s ability to intercept European pressure against Israel.

http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=63303

[OB Kenobi]

Not just Israel, but the last remaining Christians in Iraq, who are descendents of the original Christians will soon be gone too:

The long-predicted exodus of Christians from Iraq has begun.

Facing a June 30 deadline for transfer of power, a temporary constitution that reads, in Article 7, that Islam is the "Official Religion of the State," and the most recent humiliation for the community -- the failure to receive even one position on the Executive Council and only one ministry post, the Ministry of Emigration -- the Christians of Iraq are voting with their feet.

"On a recent night the church had to spend more time on filling out baptismal forms needed for leaving the country than they did on the [worship] service," says Amir, a deacon at a local church who does not want his full name published. "We have been flooded with parishioners desperate to leave the country, and as they cannot get an exit permit without a baptismal certificate from the church we have been swamped with requests. ... In recent days nearly 400 families as far as we can tell have filled out baptismal forms to leave the country. Our community is being decimated."

Most of the Christians in Iraq are Assyrians -- people who claim to be the original inhabitants of Iraq. The Assyrians were the people of Nineveh -- present-day Mosul -- the city to which God sent the biblical Jonah.

http://www.insightmag.com/news/2004/05/28/World/Outside.Viewchristians.Begin.Exodus.From.Iraq-684753.shtml