humble3d Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 '4,000-Strong' Christian Militia Formed to Fight ISIS in Northern Iraq Iraqi Christians have established their own militia and are training to fight the Islamic State (ISIS) in the Nineveh Plains of northern Iraq. Many Christian towns were captured by ISIS when they marched across the country last summer and approximately 30,000 Christians have since fled the Nineveh Plains for fear of falling into the hands of the radical Islamists. According to British newspaper the Catholic Herald, the Nineveh Plains Protection Units (NPU) have 3,000 Christian men registered to be trained, while another 500 are already training for combat and 500 volunteers from the group are already situated in Assyrian villages in northern Iraq. Newsweek was not able to independently verify these claims. The militia was founded by the Iraqi political party, the Assyrian Democratic Movement. Last November the American Mesopotamian Organisation, whose aim is to support the NPU, said that the primary mission of the militia is to “protect the remaining Assyrian lands from further attacks by ISIS” and then “liberate the Assyrian homeland of the Nineveh Plain” from the grasp of the radical Islamists. John Michael, a British-Assyrian in Iraq, told the Catholic Herald: “This is our last stand, if this fails then Christianity will be finished in Iraq.” The religious outlet reported that the militia are receiving funds from the Assyrian diaspora in countries such as United States, Australia and Sweden and are also receiving training from an American security company. Iraq analyst Sajad Jiyad, told Newsweek that the creation of the militia sends an important message to ISIS that these minorities will not allow their territory to be taken without a fight: “It’s also important for the locals to send a message to ISIS that they are not going to allow the demographic change to become permanent.” “The Assyrians want their land back and they - as well as the Turkmen and the Yazidis - are sending a message that: ‘We are going to come back and we are not going to leave our villages and towns and our cultures to be destroyed," Jiyad continues. "We want to come back to our homes and, no matter what we face, we’re willing to fight and take that back.’ I think that is a positive message for the entire nation.” Last year, ISIS captured Iraq’s largest Christian town, Qaraqosh, forcing tens of thousands of residents to flee. The Christian towns of Tal Kayf, Bartella and Karamlesh were also seized by the Islamists. It is estimated that over 100,000 Christians have been displaced in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region of northern Iraq because of the ISIS advance. In areas now controlled by ISIS, minorities are routinely targeted by the group, specifically Christians and Yazidi Kurds. In Mosul, Christians were warned to convert to Islam or pay jizya (a tax paid by non-Muslims) and were told if they did not do either of these things they would have to leave the city for good or be killed. Before 2003, the number of Christians in Mosul - a city believed to be the birthplace of Assyrian Christianity - was approximately 60,000, but the town’s Christian population has rapidly decreased in the last decade. In the weeks before ISIS advanced in June last year, the number of Christians in Mosul reportedly dwindled to 3,000. After the group seized control of the city, residents reported churches and Christian shops being attacked. According to UK media organisation Christian Today, the ISIS fighters based in Mosul have also created a new marketplace to sell Christian goods which they looted from houses during their takeover of the city, entitled ‘Spoils of Nasara (Christians)’. Since the advance of the Islamic State, some minority fighters have had success in their fight to reclaim lost territory in northern Iraq. In an offensive against the terror group last month, Kurdish Peshmerga fighters killed over 200 ISIS militants, ousting the group from almost 300 square miles of territory. They encircled Mosul on three sides and cut off vital supply lines to the nearby towns of Tal Afar and Sinjar. The Kurdish forces were able to capture Makhmour, to the east of the city; the towns of Zimar and Wannah, and several Arab villages located in the Sinjar Mountains, west of Mosul; and the area around Mosul Dam, in what amounts to a Kurdish land-grab backed by Western airstrikes. Assyrian Christians are one of the oldest ethnic groups in the Middle East whose foundations lie in Assyria, a historical region of northern Mesopotamia, but since the beginning of the 2003 Iraq War they have faced persecution from Islamic extremists. http://www.newsweek.com/4000-strong-christian-militia-formed-fight-isis-northern-iraq-304371 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffi Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 We should be realistic, christianity and other religious minorities are finished in that region. They have been massacred, driven out, raped or taken as slaves and their houses of worship (dating back to pre-mohammedan times) destroyed. We should take in these people and send back "our" mohammedans to their paradise lands, we've got plenty of them, our jails are filled with them and many are eager to go.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 And the circle goes round and round....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
212eta Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Crusade on the way... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CODYQX4 Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Crusade on the way...That didn't end too well for them last time, nor will it this time, if it comes to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clubhouse Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 What an utter nightmare this mess is.....It has been a war zone for centuries and will be for centuries to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffi Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 What an utter nightmare this mess is.....It has been a war zone for centuries and will be for centuries to come. Mohammedanism has been at war with civilization since its inception (well since the " hijra" at least) and this war will not end until mohammedanism has been wiped of this planet. They'll keep on fighting until what they call the dar ul harb (the house of war or the civilized world) is no more and the entire world is part of the dar al islam or house of submission. Of course when no non-mohammedan is left they'll just fight amongst each other like they have been doing since Mohammed's death.The mohammedans of course have been attacking us in the west since the 8th century continously but ever since the 17th century our might has been so great that they couldn' t do so anymore, unfortunately we haven't been able to retake our lost lands (Asia Minor, the mediterranean region). At least we can take comfort in the fact that for example the brutal aztec religion is gone, let's hope mohammedanism disappears soon too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flitox Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 What an utter nightmare this mess is.....It has been a war zone for centuries and will be for centuries to come. Mohammedanism has been at war with civilization since its inception (well since the " hijra" at least) and this war will not end until mohammedanism has been wiped of this planet. They'll keep on fighting until what they call the dar ul harb (the house of war or the civilized world) is no more and the entire world is part of the dar al islam or house of submission. Of course when no non-mohammedan is left they'll just fight amongst each other like they have been doing since Mohammed's death.The mohammedans of course have been attacking us in the west since the 8th century continously but ever since the 17th century our might has been so great that they couldn' t do so anymore, unfortunately we haven't been able to retake our lost lands (Asia Minor, the mediterranean region). At least we can take comfort in the fact that for example the brutal aztec religion is gone, let's hope mohammedanism disappears soon toowhat a pile of bullshit!!! if you think christians are better.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
212eta Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Crusade on the way...That didn't end too well for them last time, nor will it this time, if it comes to that."History repeats ... first as tragedy, then as farce"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffi Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 what a pile of bullshit!!! if you think christians are better....Yes, I say this as a staunch atheist and secularist and even "radical atheists" like Dawkins, Hitchens and Harris all seem to agree with this too. Christianity has always accepted that the kingdom of heaven is not of this world and you should give to caesar what belongs to caesar whereas not a single mohammedan "school of thought" accept this, they all believe god's laws should govern all this world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humble3d Posted February 16, 2015 Author Share Posted February 16, 2015 No one wins, It's the war of man... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dMog Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 what a pile of bullshit!!! if you think christians are better....Yes, I say this as a staunch atheist and secularist and even "radical atheists" like Dawkins, Hitchens and Harris all seem to agree with this too. Christianity has always accepted that the kingdom of heaven is not of this world and you should give to caesar what belongs to caesar whereas not a single mohammedan "school of thought" accept this, they all believe god's laws should govern all this worldyou forgot to add gods laws as they interpret them and that they are allowed to lie to cheat and especially kill anyone standing in their way.... and yes it is a very bastardized interpretation by hard liners looking to gain personal power and not anywhere near what the truth is,,,christianity was in the same place a few hundred years back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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