Bishop: Make War on ISIS

CBS News ^ | 3/19/15

[marshmallow]

An Iraqi bishop says waging war against ISIS fighters is the only way to save the Christian Church in Iraq

The leader of one of Christianity's oldest communities reluctantly says that waging war against ISIS - killing their fighters - is the only way to stop the radical Islamists from destroying Christianity in Iraq. Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil speaks to Lara Logan for her report on the plight of thousands of Christians forced to flee ancestral homes from ISIS. Her story will be broadcast on 60 Minutes Sunday, March 22 AT 7 p.m. ET/PT.

The situation with ISIS in Northern Iraq is a dire one for Christians, says Archbishop Warda. "For me, Daesh is a cancer," says the Chaldean Catholic prelate referring to ISIS by its Arabic name. "So sometimes you take some hard measures, unfortunate measures, to deal and treat this cancer," he says. The bishop has seen his flock expand by about 60,000 people in recent months because of an influx of Christian refugees who fled Mosul and the surrounding villages on the Nineveh Plains when ISIS stormed the area last summer. Should the military defeat them, asks Logan. "Please God," replies the archbishop.

Logan speaks to an Iraqi refugee who was given a choice by ISIS to convert to Islam or be killed. He agreed to convert - and his entire family was forced to do the same. But about a month later, ISIS members came to their door and advised them that under their interpretation of Islamic law, 10-year-old girls, like their daughter, should be married. "As soon as they left, my wife and I shut the door. We looked at each other and she started to cry -- and pray." They managed to escape to Erbil by taxi, swearing that they were Muslims at each........

[MeshugeMikey]

Perhaps Obie will read this “in the paper” realize that ISIS / ISIL is Islamic..and do an about face??

[infool7]

This Lara Logan?

http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/lara-logan-breaks-her-silence/