Turkish Airstrikes Target Iraqi Assyrian Villages -- Call for War Crimes Investigation

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Turkish Airstrikes Target Iraqi Assyrian Villages -- Call for War Crimes Investigation
By Samuel Smith
Christian Post
Posted 2018-10-03 22:30 GMT

The Turkish military launched airstrikes targeting Iraqi Christian villages in northern Iraq, a rights group warned.

Local sources have told International Christian Concern, a U.S.-based persecution watchdog, that seven predominantly Christian villages were targeted by Turkish airstrikes last month. September saw an increase in Turkish airstrikes in the north of Iraq.

"Turkey attempts to justify these airstrikes by claiming that these villages support or have a PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party) presence," an ICC report reads. "Turkey is occupying a significant swath of land in northern Iraq and is deepening its presence daily."

Read more at: http://aina.org/news/20181003183044.htm

Smaller minorities in Syria such as the Assyrians (Christians) and Druze often don't take side so as to not incur the anger of the bigger powers such as Assad, Jihadists, Militants or the Kurds.  Looks like they are in a real predicament.

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Turkish airstrikes target Christian villages in Iraq

Oct 5, 2018 7:56 am By Robert Spencer 2 Comments

Turkey is a rogue state that is in no sense an ally of the United States. Turkey should be expelled from NATO, which is configured according to outdated Cold War realities. It needs to be reconfigured in light of the realities of the global jihad.

“Turkey Airstrikes Target Iraqi Christian Villages; Activists Call for War Crimes Investigation,” by Samuel Smith, Christian Post, October 2, 2018:
 
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/10/turkish-airstrikes-target-christian-villages-in-iraq

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