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Syrian Christian leader tells West: 'Stop arming terror groups who are massacring our people'
Christianity Today ^ | 1 July 2015 | Ruth Gledhill

Posted on 06/23/2016 12:46:49 AM PDT by BlackVeil

The world leader of Syria's besieged Christians has issued a heartfelt plea to the West to "stop arming and supporting terrorist groups that are destroying our countries and massacring our people."

The Patriarch of Antioch, Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, said he was not asking the West for military intervention to defend Christians.

If the West wants to do something about the present crisis, the most effective thing would be to support local governments, which need sufficient armies and forces to maintain security ...

(Excerpt) Read more at christiantoday.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Syria
KEYWORDS: christiangenocide; christians; obamaisis; syria; syriarebels; syriawar
This is an article from last year, but still relevant. His voice needs to be heard.
1 posted on 06/23/2016 12:46:49 AM PDT by BlackVeil
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This is an article from last year, but still relevant. His voice needs to be heard.

Should forward to dickweed@hillaryemailserver.com


2 posted on 06/23/2016 12:55:28 AM PDT by 867V309 (It's over. It's over now.)
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Gee and I thought that Hillary and Obama were supposed to have accomplished such noble things.


3 posted on 06/23/2016 2:54:23 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("You'd see a different game if nobody wore a helmet". NY Rangers' Barry Beck 1983)
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Ryan and McCain and McConnell laughed
and said, “We want you to DIE ... like Americans”.


4 posted on 06/23/2016 3:26:44 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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btt


5 posted on 06/23/2016 3:27:44 AM PDT by KSCITYBOY
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Not going to happen. The _mighty_men_ of the earth are out to steal, kill and destroy. At this point in history they know they can do pretty much whatever they want. Unfortunately, We The People aren’t; we have devolved into sheeple.


6 posted on 06/23/2016 5:06:55 AM PDT by veracious
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” . .and I thought that Hillary and Obama were supposed to have accomplished such noble things.”

They did manage to accomplish this much and Hillary needs in to finish the work they started:

“And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered greatly.” Revelation 17:6


7 posted on 06/23/2016 5:13:12 AM PDT by captmar-vell
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Too bad for him.
Americans arm all sides .... no matter the consequences. It’s what we do.

He, it keeps arms manufacturers (and their buddies in Congress) in the $$$$.


8 posted on 06/23/2016 5:51:52 AM PDT by Lorianne
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Yes, and I think it is important to note the Russian Orthodox Church has been supporting the Syrian Christians and also our “so stated” enemy, Russia, has been providing some protection for them.


9 posted on 06/23/2016 7:09:52 AM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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Thankfully, Obama is letting in thousands of Syria's Christians into this country to help him....

Oh' Wait...

10 posted on 06/23/2016 7:12:16 AM PDT by Popman (Christ alone: My Cornerstone..)
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