Summary The collapse of the Syrian state would be a jihadist triumph and a threat to Christians throughout the Middle East, says Yonadam Kanna, a member of Iraqi National Assembly and Secretary General for the Assyrian Democratic Movement. In his parliamentary capacity as chairman of the Labor and Social Affairs Committee in Iraqi Council of Representatives, Kanna has been traveling Europe to deliver speeches and meet with members of parliaments in Sweden, Germany and Britain. Sweden-based freelance journalist Nuri Kino connected with Kanna by phone to discuss the civil war in Iraq’s western neighbor, Syria, and the stakes there for Christians throughout the Middle East and Persian Gulf. Kanna said he fears a mujahideen takeover in Syria that he said would create chaos across the region. He said exporting jihad to neighboring countries, and not a democratic Syria, is thier aim. Yonadam Kanna Yonadam Kanna Iraqi MP: Syria collapse would endanger all Mideast Christians Insurgents’ goal is to take their fight into neighboring countries, says Kanna The collapse of the Syrian state would be a jihadist triumph and a threat to Christians throughout the Middle East, says Yonadam Kanna, a member of Iraqi National Assembly and Secretary General for the Assyrian Democratic Movement. Assyrians are an ancient ethnic group indigenous to the Middle East, and belonging mostly to various eastern and orthodox Christian churches. In his parliamentary capacity as chairman of the Labor and Social Affairs Committee in Iraqi Council of Representatives, Kanna has been traveling Europe to deliver speeches and meet with members of parliaments in Sweden, Germany and Britain. Sweden-based freelance journalist Nuri Kino connected with Kanna by phone to discuss the civil war in Iraq’s western neighbor, Syria, and the stakes there for Christians throughout the Middle East and Persian Gulf. Kanna said he fears a mujahideen takeover in Syria that he said would create chaos across the region. He said exporting jihad to neighboring countries, and not a democratic Syria, is thier aim.
Posted on: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 01:23:07 +0000
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