Comments on: Missing: A Million Iraqi Christians http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/03/christmas-in-iraq/ Firedoglake weblog Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:45:27 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: StolenDormouse http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/03/christmas-in-iraq/#comment-1130983 StolenDormouse Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:25:38 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/03/christmas-in-iraq/#comment-1130983 <p>Before 1948, there were about 160,000 Jews in Iraq, mostly in Baghdad. Between Iraqi government actions and Zionist organizations, 120,000 had left by 1951. (See: Jewish exodus from Arab lands in Wikipedia, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_exodus_from_Arab_lands#Iraq">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J…..lands#Iraq</a>) All but a few hundred left subsequently. This was not mentioned by 60 Minutes.</p> <p>There are still some 40,000 Jews in Iran, the largest Jewish community in the Middle East after Israel.</p> Before 1948, there were about 160,000 Jews in Iraq, mostly in Baghdad. Between Iraqi government actions and Zionist organizations, 120,000 had left by 1951. (See: Jewish exodus from Arab lands in Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J…..lands#Iraq) All but a few hundred left subsequently. This was not mentioned by 60 Minutes.

There are still some 40,000 Jews in Iran, the largest Jewish community in the Middle East after Israel.

]]> By: cinnamonape http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/03/christmas-in-iraq/#comment-1130617 cinnamonape Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:01:59 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/03/christmas-in-iraq/#comment-1130617 <p>OT- But there are some odd shenanigans going on in Georgia’s 7th Congressional District. The Republican candidate, Deborah Travis Honeycutt, has been fundraising up a storm. Apparently she has a nationwide targeted direct mail campaign going on that has helped her raise nearly $750,000. But well over 95% of that money comes from outside the district, and from individuals that have failed to list their employers. How odd?</p> <p>But even odder is that despite this vast inflow of money Honeycutt reports that her Treasury has only a small proportion of that left over for the remainder of the campaign. But it’s simply not clear where all the expenditures are being made…there is a huge Georgia sinkhole but her accounting has hidden where she’s spending this money.</p> <p>One suggestion is that her direct mail campaign is one of the most expensive in recorded history. Another is that she is somehow caching (Kaching-Kaching) the money away for a “rainy night in Georgia”.</p> <p><a href="http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/campaigns/deborah_travis_honeycutt.asp?cycle=06">http://www.campaignmoney.com/p…..p?cycle=06</a></p> <p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20071130/pl_cq_politics/politics2634494;_ylt=AlIBqB8kyIiUV3IMsm6l4on4R9AF">http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/200…..6l4on4R9AF</a> </p> <p>BTW There is little chance that if her accounts are really so depleted that she will defeat the Democrat incumbent, who defeated her last time by almost 2:1. But perhaps Ms. Honeycutt realized a good way to make money, and thought she’d dip into that pool of “suckas” once again.</p> OT- But there are some odd shenanigans going on in Georgia’s 7th Congressional District. The Republican candidate, Deborah Travis Honeycutt, has been fundraising up a storm. Apparently she has a nationwide targeted direct mail campaign going on that has helped her raise nearly $750,000. But well over 95% of that money comes from outside the district, and from individuals that have failed to list their employers. How odd?

But even odder is that despite this vast inflow of money Honeycutt reports that her Treasury has only a small proportion of that left over for the remainder of the campaign. But it’s simply not clear where all the expenditures are being made…there is a huge Georgia sinkhole but her accounting has hidden where she’s spending this money.

One suggestion is that her direct mail campaign is one of the most expensive in recorded history. Another is that she is somehow caching (Kaching-Kaching) the money away for a “rainy night in Georgia”.

http://www.campaignmoney.com/p…..p?cycle=06

http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/200…..6l4on4R9AF

BTW There is little chance that if her accounts are really so depleted that she will defeat the Democrat incumbent, who defeated her last time by almost 2:1. But perhaps Ms. Honeycutt realized a good way to make money, and thought she’d dip into that pool of “suckas” once again.

]]> By: cinnamonape http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/03/christmas-in-iraq/#comment-1130594 cinnamonape Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:46:07 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/03/christmas-in-iraq/#comment-1130594 <p>BTW- In the Central Valley of California there is a large group of Iraqi Assyrian and Chaldean Christians. These were especially ambivalent about the US invasion and overthrow of Saddam. Some were quite fearful of the subsequent ethnic persecution by majority Muslim groups without the restraint of Saddam. I recall several lectures about this in the build-up to the war, with several members of these groups part of the political opposition to the war. Many were, however, fearful of backlash, both from exiled Iraqi Shi’a in the US, but also the US Government. Since a great number were non-Citizens they felt that expressing their concerns too loudly might result in the Bush Administration deporting them.</p> BTW- In the Central Valley of California there is a large group of Iraqi Assyrian and Chaldean Christians. These were especially ambivalent about the US invasion and overthrow of Saddam. Some were quite fearful of the subsequent ethnic persecution by majority Muslim groups without the restraint of Saddam. I recall several lectures about this in the build-up to the war, with several members of these groups part of the political opposition to the war. Many were, however, fearful of backlash, both from exiled Iraqi Shi’a in the US, but also the US Government. Since a great number were non-Citizens they felt that expressing their concerns too loudly might result in the Bush Administration deporting them.

]]> By: perris http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/03/christmas-in-iraq/#comment-1130579 perris Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:40:58 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/03/christmas-in-iraq/#comment-1130579 <p>boy I’m late to this show but what an incredible post again scarecrow</p> <p>and THIS information is what the demcorats NEED to make public and get even the base on board for impeaching the most inept president in our history</p> boy I’m late to this show but what an incredible post again scarecrow

and THIS information is what the demcorats NEED to make public and get even the base on board for impeaching the most inept president in our history

]]> By: jayackroyd http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/03/christmas-in-iraq/#comment-1130564 jayackroyd Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:33:26 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/03/christmas-in-iraq/#comment-1130564 <p>testing logon name</p> testing logon name

]]> By: cinnamonape http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/03/christmas-in-iraq/#comment-1130563 cinnamonape Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:33:22 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/03/christmas-in-iraq/#comment-1130563 <p>“The regulators could have stopped us from making bad business decisions” ~ Nationwide</p> <p>Ya know…he’s right. And this is PRECISELY why the sub-prime lenders must not be bailed-out. THAT will clear those sharks who practiced predatory lending practices from the gene pool, and provide a residual fear for future lenders that if they pursue such activities they will face both severe fines and the consequences of the “bad loans”.</p> “The regulators could have stopped us from making bad business decisions” ~ Nationwide

Ya know…he’s right. And this is PRECISELY why the sub-prime lenders must not be bailed-out. THAT will clear those sharks who practiced predatory lending practices from the gene pool, and provide a residual fear for future lenders that if they pursue such activities they will face both severe fines and the consequences of the “bad loans”.

]]> By: cinnamonape http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/03/christmas-in-iraq/#comment-1130554 cinnamonape Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:28:19 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/03/christmas-in-iraq/#comment-1130554 <p>Imagine if some nation in 1938 invaded and occupied a country and over one million Christians disappeared within about a year. I think that Christians worldwide and especially in the USA would have been apoplectic with rage. After all, these are the same groups that howl whenever a few Christians are deported for evangelizing in China or Vietnam…or who freak out when the Copts are discriminated against by anti-government Egyptians. Yet when the US Military allows policies that essentially turn areas into battle zones, or give warlords control of areas - and these then act to homogenize their “dependency”, they remain silent.</p> <p>I think they’ll start using that old escape clause….the “They aren’t real _______” one. In this case instead of “soldiers”, insert “Christians”.</p> Imagine if some nation in 1938 invaded and occupied a country and over one million Christians disappeared within about a year. I think that Christians worldwide and especially in the USA would have been apoplectic with rage. After all, these are the same groups that howl whenever a few Christians are deported for evangelizing in China or Vietnam…or who freak out when the Copts are discriminated against by anti-government Egyptians. Yet when the US Military allows policies that essentially turn areas into battle zones, or give warlords control of areas – and these then act to homogenize their “dependency”, they remain silent.

I think they’ll start using that old escape clause….the “They aren’t real _______” one. In this case instead of “soldiers”, insert “Christians”.

]]> By: Scarecrow http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/03/christmas-in-iraq/#comment-1130552 Scarecrow Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:26:16 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/03/christmas-in-iraq/#comment-1130552 <blockquote> <p>Not just a link, it kinda looks like Emptywheel is moving in! What a wonderful addition to the Lake!</p> <p>Comments over at “The Shack” are not working yet though… </p> </blockquote> <p>Yes, Marcy has her own “shack” inside FDL. We have top men working on the comment glitch. All in good time.</p>

Not just a link, it kinda looks like Emptywheel is moving in! What a wonderful addition to the Lake!

Comments over at “The Shack” are not working yet though…

Yes, Marcy has her own “shack” inside FDL. We have top men working on the comment glitch. All in good time.

]]> By: eCAHNomics http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/03/christmas-in-iraq/#comment-1130549 eCAHNomics Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:25:38 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/03/christmas-in-iraq/#comment-1130549 <p>“we could, so we did.” Toll Bros.</p> <p>He stole that from me. I have long said that there are 2 answers that cover most economics Qs (actually most of the Qs for life as a whole)</p> <p>1. Because they can.</p> <p>2. Because they have to.</p> “we could, so we did.” Toll Bros.

He stole that from me. I have long said that there are 2 answers that cover most economics Qs (actually most of the Qs for life as a whole)

1. Because they can.

2. Because they have to.

]]> By: eCAHNomics http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/03/christmas-in-iraq/#comment-1130545 eCAHNomics Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:23:32 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/03/christmas-in-iraq/#comment-1130545 <p>“The regulators should have stopped us from making bad business decisions.” Countrywide.</p> “The regulators should have stopped us from making bad business decisions.” Countrywide.

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