Chaldean Bishop says U.S. must exit Iraq.Detroit -- In June 2007 Chaldean Bishop Ibrahim N. Ibrahim told a congregation of Iraqi exiles here at a memorial Mass for the Chaldean priest murdered in Mosul, Iraq, that the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. must leave Iraq and let the various factions fight it out among themselves. Speaking in Arabic before a congregation estimated at 1000 at Mother of God Cathedral in Southfield, home of the St. Thomas the Apostle St Thomas the Apostle, Judas Thomas or Didymus, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. The Synoptic Gospels and Acts list this "twin" (Toma means twin in Aramaic, as does Didymus Chaldean Eparchy ep·ar·chy n. pl. ep·ar·chies A diocese of an Eastern Orthodox Church. [Greek eparkhi , Bishop Ibrahim said: "Let the Iraqis kill each other, but let the occupying power get out, because they are not killing each other because they are Sunni or Shiite, but because they are with the Americans or against the Americans." Speaking of the security situation in Baghdad, Bishop Ibrahim, who was in Mosul when Ft. Ragheed was killed, said: "Things are worse and worse and worse every single day, even for the Americans. The best thing is to withdraw, and then let the brothers attack each other." (CNS See Continuous net settlement. CNS See continuous net settlement (CNS). , other sources). |
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