Stars and Stripes, die Zeitung für die amerikanischen Streitkräfte, berichtete kürzlich das: Die syrischen "Rebellen" greifen christliche Viertel in Damaskus an. Syrische Christen fürchten eine ethnische Säuberung, wie im Irak 2003 und sehen sich unter gezieltem Beschuss durch diese "Rebellen".
Syrian rebels, who are mostly Sunni Muslims, have repeatedly shelled Christian neighborhoods in the city, including Kasaa, with its wide avenues, apartment blocks and leafy parks. The opposition Free Syrian Army claims it strikes only government targets, but constant shelling of the civilian quarter suggests otherwise.
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Many Syrian Christians say they fear becoming victims of the same kind of targeted anti-Christian violence that resulted from the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003. This persecution, known here as the “American solution,” caused a massive exodus — of the 1.5 million Christians who lived in Iraq in 2000, less than 300,000 remain today.
“The terrorists are trying to push the Christians out of this area,” said Isan Bahri, the 44-year-old owner of a mechanical shop in the Kasaa district of eastern Damascus that the rebels have been trying to capture. “They are not shooting at the army, they are intentionally aiming for civilians.”
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“The U.S. has been deceiving us that the death of Osama bin Laden meant the death of al-Qaida,” said Mata el-Khouri, a bishop of the Syrian Orthodox Church. “They are more active now than ever before. As to what they would do to the Christians (if they came to power), the answer is clear.” http://www.stripes.com/news/middle-east/...-ethnic-cleansing-1.236246
Auch andere syrische Minderheiten wie Alawiten, Drusen und Kurden werden von den "Rebellen" verfolgt. |