Archbishop in Iraq: Crushing ISIS Only Way to Save Christianity Here
A full-blown war against the Islamic State (ISIS) fighters is the only way to keep radical Islamists from destroying Christianity in Iraq, according to an archbishop in the country's Kurdish-controlled north.
"For me, Daesh [another name for ISIS] is a cancer," Archbishop Bashar Warda in Erbil tells "60 Minutes" in an excerpt of his interview released Thursday in advance of the Sunday CBS program.
"So sometimes you take some hard measures, unfortunate measures, to deal and treat this cancer."The Chaldean Catholic prelate says the situation for thousands of Iraqi Christians forced to flee their homes is dire.
He tells "60 Minutes" that about 60,000 Christian refugees have fled Mosul and the surrounding villages on the Nineveh Plains in the wake of ISIS' insurgence last summer.
In all, it's believed 200,000 Christians have been displaced by ISIS, "60 Minutes" reports.
Asked if the military should crush ISIS, the prelate replies: "Please God."
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We need to assist in the effort to stop the religious cleansing and genocide against Christians in Iraq and the middle east in general.
Ain't gonna happen. The Kurds are wiing to fight, andare good fighters-- but we refuse to send the the heavy weapons they need.
And remember when IS beheaded all thse Christians (Egyptians) in Libya? Egypt finally got really pissed at IS-- and took action! But what did the u.S. do?
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That is really sad. ISIS kills Egyptians and Obama is critical of Egypt for retaliating? Simply pathetic.