Danielle Jones
10.24.08
Today in Bagdad, the U.N. has been trying to help in aiding the Christian victims who were fled from their homes located in the northern city of Mosul in Iraq. According to officials, these Christians have been threatened into leaving their homes because of intimidation from the very influential extremist of the Sunni Muslim faith. According to the article, a number of 13,000 Christians living in the city have been forced to flee this month, left with little means in which to take care of themselves. The funded U.N. agency has been able to aid many with relief supplies. Although extremist of the Sunni faith have been blamed for attacks on these Christians, no one has officially taken the blame for the problem. Shiite clerics are calling for unity in the country, and among the ethnic groups, which would involve leaving American troops there for three additional months. Many groups have opposed this idea, saying that they have serious and real issues to deal with among themselves: The whole of Iraq.
It is a terrible thing that people in the same country, with ultimately similar problems are fighting against each other, simply because they share different beliefs. The groups seem so opposed to getting help from Americas, but are obviously in need of some sort of stability. It confuses me that though these people are going through what they are, they refuse help from anyone. It is obvious that the whole country is in need of some serious unity, or everyone will continue to suffer.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27362718/
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