The Assyrian aspirations for justice

The Assyrian aspirations for justice

David Oraha

Freedom is the essence and flavor of life’s taste, from its start till its end ... The secret of secrets, and the secret presence of the human spirit. It is the spirit and soul which creates harmony in the body.

Those who believed that any form of democracy in the new Iraq after its liberation, exceeds the rights of the indigenous Assyrians in their homeland, are steeped in the ignorance of our people’s struggle, the people who endured the genocides’ worst era, the people who endured oppression ever since the fall of its greatness in 612BC and in its modern history for the past 100 years at the hands of the Kurds in particular.

In the greatness of our people lies the might in its ability and willingness. The struggle of the Assyrian nation is alive, because they cherish the dignity of peoples and human beings, The Assyrian aspirations for justice, democracy and a decent life; opposition to various types of injustice, exclusion, division and Kurdification in the new Iraq under different names will remain a feature in their lives and the lives of the next generation.

How can we not stand against the currents of Kurdification policies and chauvinistic Kurds for the dignity, freedom and unity of the Iraqi society, especially the north of Iraq and the preservation of the Assyrian heritage and Assyrian occupied lands from injustice, unfairness and eradication?

North Iraq; Assyrian lands “Assyria” as it is known geographically and historically, is dominated today by the Kurdish new law of the jungle, ruled by the logic of power and domination, and controlled by Kurdish forces and mercenaries. If we look into the deterioration of the situation in occupied Assyria we will find that we are living in the crucible of events. The conspiracy continues in a spiral of international, regional, national and domestic events, sacrificing the Assyrians as a prey to underdevelopment and dependence on the Kurdification blatant policy. This policy has been a destroying factor to the Assyrian nation creating chaos, and decimating the root and offspring.

Marginalization and injustice towards the Assyrians in occupied Assyria and the theft of the people's livelihood, blackmailing others and stealing the property of the State of Iraq, whom the Assyrians are its indigenous people; such extraordinary times are difficult and decisive in determining the fate of all the Assyrians in occupied Assyria (North Iraq) and its surroundings.
The persistence of injustice and the loss of equity, the absence of democracy, and the bounties of blackmailing people, standing in the way of advancement and development, generates undoubtedly reactions with severe disadvantages both in the near term perspective and the long-term. The Kurdification inspired policy remains the largest in the history of modern Assyrians. Assyria, this occupation (Kurdish leadership) style with racial chauvinism by implying their identity on the land of Assyria and its lawful owner the Assyrians must end. North Iraq is “Assyria” geographically and historically, its people have an identity and it is “Assyrian”. Assyrians must declare it to the world that Assyria is occupied, anything less than that will mean that the Assyrian cause and the Assyrians will remain hostages of what they have been enduring for the past centuries.

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