From Alan:
"While the sectarian journalist Martin Chulov of the Guardian
U.K concerns himself with “Syrian
Sunnis fear Assad regime wants to 'ethnically cleanse' Alawite heartland” I
wonder how he would explain the ethnic cleansing of Christians by his friends in
Syria. I offer here 3 quotes from Christian prelates regarding
Syria that will never see the light of day in any of his articles.
"It's not a question of promoting democracy or
pluralism as the West wants us to understand of its policies. This is a lie,
this is hypocrisy,"
H.B. Ignatius Joseph III Younan, Syriac Catholic Patriarch
“160 little Christian villages have been completely
abandoned. Many are fleeing to Lebanon but we do not know how many. I saw our
bishop of Damascus cry like a baby”
Mons. Elias Chacour
Melkite Catholic Archbishop of Akko, Haifa, Nazareth and All
Galilee
In the Christian villages along the Orontes [River]
there is not much left, of the four thousand inhabitants of the village of
Ghassanieh the parish priest has informed me that there is no longer anyone,
only about ten people, and the empty houses have been occupied by the families
of the rebels who are following along with them.” Father Pierbattista Pizzaballa
Franciscan Custos of the Holy Land, Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem."
