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Two Assyrians Killed in Separate Terrorist Attacks

September 09, 2006

Mr. Salem Qeryo Soulaqa (41) was killed on 9/9/2006 when a bomb exploded in Baghdad near the Mansour Mosque. His ten year old son who was with him at the time was injured and is currently lying in the hospital in critical condition. Salem Qeryo Soulaqa, from Kirkuk, was born in 1965. He is survived by his wife and three children.

Mr. Khalil Oraha Aram (19) of Batnaya was killed when a car bomb exploded in the Za’faraniya district. He was born in 1987 in Batnaya which is 20 km north of Mosul.

Our deepest condolences to the Soulaqa family and Aram family for their loss.
Source:

Beth Suryoyo Assyrian (Othuroyo) Forum

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An Assyrian kidnapped in Basra
ANA-Translation and Media desk
September 09, 2006

Jalal al-Najjar (Abu Ala’a) was kidnapped by an organized armed gang as he was heading to his work. The gang is specialized in abducting people with money in the city.
Mr. al-Najjar is the owner of a carpentry factory in the industrial area five Km away from the city.
The kidnappers demanded the family to pay a ransom of $150.000 dollars to spare his life, but it’s been understood that the family doesn’t have that kind of money. It’s been a week since the abduction and as of the moment the case remains unsolved and without a decisive response from the local authorities who are supposed to capture the offenders.

Arabic source: Ankawa.com
Mohammad Jawad Al-dakhili

Translation note: Hundreds of Assyrian families were forced to leave Basra as the security situation worsened with the increase in violence and crimes.
Over the years some Assyrians adopted Arabic or other names in order to blend with the majority.

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Two explosions in front of al-Za’afaraniya Church in Baghdad
ANA-Translation and Media desk

September 08, 2006
Baghdad- Two explosives which were hidden in a bag went off in front of al-Za’afaraniya Church injuring the guards who were taken to the hospital, the explosion also caused damage to the church walls.
Arabic source: Ankawa.com
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An Assyrian assassinated in Baghdad
ANA-Translation and Media desk

September 05th, 2006
Baghdad-Iraq

The victim Sabah Alton Hermiz Homa was assassinated by a terrorist group.
The latest victim was from the Assyrian village of Karemlash in the North of Iraq.
May he rest in peace and may his family find comfort and consolation.

Arabic source: Ankawa.com

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An explosion in an Assyrian home in Midyat
ANA-Translation and Media desk
Tor Abdin - Turkey
September 01st, 2006

On August 30th, 2006 an unknown man threw a grenade on the house of Mr. Gabro Shiven in Midyat, south-eastern Turkey, fortunately the family wasn’t home at the time.
In a letter sent by Mr. Simon Barmano President of the Assyrian Clubs Federation in Sweden and according to reliable sources a police officer named Etac Tivik is behind what happened and that Tivik has been responsible for other such operations and pressure tactics aimed at forcing the Assyrians in the area to leave. Mr. Barmano mentioned in his letter another incident which had taken place two days earlier, when Mr. Yusuf Aye and Issa Dugan were assaulted and beaten up by some Muslim extremists in the centre of Midyat, when an individual from the Jamo family tried to blackmail Mr. Dugan from Australia into giving him $7000 dollars and when he refused, 15-20 people surrounded the two men and started to beat them up in front of some by standers who didn’t dare to save them.

In 2002 the Paulos and Afram Hidari family members were severely beaten up near the city hall of Midyat when they tried to submit a complaint against the Jamo family who had occupied their property and lands, the Hidari family were given the choice of either leaving or being killed.

On July 23rd, 2005, Mr. Zaki Oun a Swedish Assyrian and his son David were shot in the legs by Kehraman Yildiz a senior member in the ruling Turkish party AKP.

The president of the Assyrian Clubs Federation in Sweden adds in his letter that no one was neither arrested nor subjected to any legal procedures, which gives the green light to the aggressors to commit more horrible actions enabling them to reach their goals of controlling the Assyrian lands and properties in the region.
There are already other villages in Tor Abdin which have been confiscated by the Turkish authorities and Muslim extremists who tend to use violence against those who try to return the properties to their rightful owners

Mr. Barmano concludes his letter by reminding the European States that while Turkey is trying to negotiate its way into the European Union, the conditions of the Assyrians and other Christians in Turkey haven’t improved, and that Turkey’s empty promises throughout its history make every one aware of the danger that Turkey is following its old path.

It is worth noting that many of the Assyrians who had fled Turkey to Europe during the 1960’s and 1970’s because of persecution have begun to return to their towns and villages but they are faced with many dangers specially in what concerns security.

Arabic source: Ankawa.com
Iskandar Biqasha

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Ghassan Ezzat Roufa Haido another Assyrian victim

ANA – Translation and Media desk

August 21st, 2006

On August 17th, 2006 some cowards shot the victim just outside the capital Baghdad and in broad day light only because he worked for the oil company.
The victim was born in Baghdad in 1968 and was always afraid that he would be killed because of his job; that’s why he was hesitant to get married.
It’s to be noted that four of his colleagues were killed with him in the same brutal, ugly and barbaric manner.
May he rest in peace and may his grieving family be consoled.

Source: Ankawa.com

Assyrians threatened yet again following the Gondkosa murder

August 16, 2006
Nohadra – Iraq

From: Sami Zaia
Source: Nirgalgate.com

On August 15th, 2006 a group of Assyrians were threatened with guns by some Kurds near the outskirts of Bamarni to the north-east of Sarsink.
One of the Assyrians who were threatened with a 9mm hand gun mentioned that a group of four Kurds obstructed the path of some Assyrian families on their way back from a picnic in Dokri region where they were celebrating the commemoration of St. Mary. The incident escalated to killing threats because of an earlier skirmish with the same group of Kurds who were intoxicated and tried to harass the women.
Another man said:” We were surprised with four persons holding guns obstructing our way, and we knew immediately that they were the same individuals with whom we had a skirmish earlier. They pulled one of the young men out of the car and put the gun to his head threatening to kill him; that’s when we intervened to prevent them from killing him, then we called the police who came and arrested them, but we don’t know what sort of procedure will be taken against them”.

ANA – Translation and Media desk
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A priest abducted in Dora - Baghdad

ANA- Translation and Media desk
Baghdad-Dora- August 15, 2006

A group of terrorists abducted a priest in the city of Dora, in the Asia neighborhood. A phone call by a local source to one of our reporters had mentioned that Father Siroup who serves in the Church of Asia was abducted around 7:15 today.

It’s worth mentioning that the city of Dora is overwhelmed at present by sectarian gangs. These same gangs had bombed several Churches, kidnapped and killed many of our Christian brothers, causing hundreds of them to flee Dora.

ANA – The city of Dora is the home for an Assyrian majority in Baghdad.

Source: Buratha News Agency
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Two Assyrians murdered in Mosul
ANA- Translation and Media desk
Mosul- August 12, 2006

This after noon, Saturday, August 12, 2006 two of our young men were killed by terrorists in their store in the area of al-Masaref (the banks) in Mosul. The two victims were shot in cold blood before eye witnesses; they were identified as brothers Akram Aprim Shleemon and Aziz Aprim Shleemon. The killers then stole the victims’ car and fled. The martyrs worked in the carpentry and furniture business, they were known for their good morals by every one who knew them.
May their souls rest in heavenly peace and may those killers face the fate which is waiting for them in history's muck-heap.

Source: Ankawa.com

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Akhiqar Korkis Audish Killed by a kurdish Thug

On the 8th of August, at around 8 pm, Akhiqar Korkis Audisho born 1962, resident of the village Cossa in Assyria (northern Iraq) under fire by a Kurdish thug named Cherdl Tahir Khalid from the village of residence Akmali with two other members of the Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP), while tending his herd.

The martyr is married and father of three daughters. He was pronounced dead, at 3:00 am on this day after surgery at Nohdra City Hospital (Dohuk).

May God bless the soul of our martyr and rest him in peace.

Original Source: AGC

ANA- Translation and Media Desk

August 08, 2006
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An Assyrian merchant killed in Baghdad
August 08, 2006

The body of Bassam Shimon Hakim, 33 years old was found two days ago in the institute of Forensic Medicine (Maa’had al-Tibb al- Adli). Hakim was shot to death a week after he was abducted by an armed group in front of his liquor stores; the victim was a well known merchant for selling liquor in Baghdad.
The relatives of the deceased had paid a ransom of $30000 U.S. in addition to a BMW car estimated at $10000 U.S. which was parked near his stores when he was abducted.
The victim’s relatives were awaiting his release but the kidnappers left him a dead body in one of Baghdad’s streets to be found by the police where he was placed at the institute of Forensic Medicine. The victim was from Alqosh*, 48 km north of Mosul and a father of two little children, the oldest being three years old.

*Alqosh follows the district of Telkef in the governorate of Nineveh.

Source: Ankawa.com

ANA – Translation and Media desk

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Zakho – Assyria/ North Iraq
Turkish incursion reported inside Iraqi borders

Zakho, July 27, Some 200 Turkish soldiers accompanied by village rangers crossed the borders into north Iraq and encroached for two kilometers before pulling back inside the Turkish side of the borders, a military source in Zakho said on Thursday.

The intruding force penetrated the area of Hork near Kesta border village in Nohadra governorate “At 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday we were informed that about 200 Turkish soldiers and some village rangers encroached for two kilometers inside the borders. Several hours later, they withdrew to the Turkish borders,” reason for the incursion.

Meanwhile, eyewitnesses said the Turkish artillery shelled last night the areas of Kely, Senat, Zaweta, Kely Besagha, Kloc and Alansh in Zakho.

The shelling did cause casualties but it started fires in the woods

ANA – Translation and Media Desk.

A car bomb near a church in Mosul

According to a security source, a car bomb which was defused was meant to explode today at noon near a Church in Mosul.

The Director of the police command operations in the Nineveh Governorate mentioned to the Voices of Iraq independent News Agency, that the car was booby-trapped and parked near the church of Mar Girgis [St. George],located in the al-Arabi district north-east of the city.

The source explained that the information reached the police command post "about a suspicious car in the above mentioned area, upon confirming information a team proceeded to diffuse the car bomb".

The source pointed out that the group which diffused the car bomb is made up of a joint team of American forces and the joint co-ordination centre.

ANA – Translation Desk

Original source in Arabic

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