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Assyrian Independence?
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Shlama Akhi,

The biggest obstacle to Assyrian independence is the religion factor. All (or most) Assyrians are Christians of various flavors (Catholic, SOC, CoE, and sizable Protestant communities.)

I can't imagine any toleration for a Christian island within the Muslim ocean of the middle east. At least Armenia, while surrounded by Muslim states on the south and east, backs up to Russia. The last Christian state in the middle east, Lebanon, fought a bitter civil war to keep its independence yet still managed to fall under Syria's domination.

Any support for Assyrian independence by a "Christian" state like the U.S. would be seen as a "crusade" against Muslim lands.

I'd love an independent state - but not if it means paying the same sort of price that Israelis (and Palestinians) pay everyday.

I think the best solution, at least in the short term, would be to have an autonomous region in a federal Iraq where Assyrian religious, linguistic and cultural practices could be nurtured and preserved.
+Shamasha Paul bar-Shimun de'Beth-Younan
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Assyrian Independence? - by bjford - 04-30-2004, 04:41 PM
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[No subject] - by Paul Younan - 04-30-2004, 08:48 PM
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