Zenit: US Representative Frank Wolf today again took to the House floor to speak out for the Christians and other religious minorities who are being systematically targeted for extinction in Iraq:
“I want to read the following piece that was posted on NBCNews.com yesterday. The headline was: ‘Has Last Christian Left Iraqi City of Mosul After 2,000 Years?’
“Here is how it began: ‘Samer Kamil Yacub was alone when four Islamist militants carrying AK-47s arrived at his front door and ordered him to leave the city. The 70-year-old Christian had failed to comply with a decree issued by the Islamic State of Iraq and [Syria] (ISIS). Yacub’s hometown of Mosul had boasted a Christian community for almost 2,000 years. But then the al Qaeda-inspired fighters who overran the city last month gave Christians an ultimatum.
“They could stay and pay a tax or convert to Islam – or be killed. Yacub, 70, was one of the few Christians remaining beyond last Saturday’s noon deadline. He may have even been the last to leave alive.’ . . . Read more here.