The Arameans in Iraq

May 13, 2006 a article was published on KurdishMedia.com from the hand of  Diayako Xarib (see below). This article of  Mr. Xarib proves that there are indeed some educated persons within the Kurdish nation who do not stand for any nonsense of the fallacies, lies, myths and legends of  the Western Spiritual colonization product ,,Assyrians".

Please find below the article of Mr. Xarib and some remarks we made to this article. 

Is there an Assyrian cause in Iraqi Kurdistan?

Saturday, May 13, 2006

KurdishMedia.com - By Diayako Xarib (http://www.kurdmedia.com/articles.asp?id=12331)

Since the collapse of Saddam, we are hearing more and more Assyrian claims of abuse, and other conducts done to them by Kurds. It is a small fanatic group that desperately fabricates all kinds of propaganda against Kurds and the recent inaugurated Kurdish government.

The Question here is: Is there really an Assyrian problem in Kurdistan or it is again another minority that desperately wants to grab a piece of Iraqi power cake? First an introduction who the Assyrians really are: There has been a nation living in Syria and Anatolia since thousands of years called The Arameans. These Arameans have many world heritages on their name, despite their anonymity in the west.

The Catholic Church was a very powerful institution in the 15th century, with many kingdoms under their influence and strong resources and armies under their command. In that time missionaries started to influx Middle East and especially Kurdistan. It was that time that many Arameans left their East-Nestorian church for the catholic stream. This happened under influence of money and support of the Vatican. Their church was named the Chaldean church (this name has nothing to do with the ancient Chaldeans).

As a counter-attack, the protestant church started to send missionaries to the rest of the Jacobite and Nestroian Arameans. We can definitely confirm that A.Grant, who was a protestant missionary, introduced the concept of the left Arameans being the descendants of ancient Assyrians, as an answer to the newly converted Arameans to Catholicism and adopting the Chaldean name.

We can conclude Grant’s unprofessional and speculative theories, from his book “The Nestroians of lost tribes”. In the book Grant refers to a group of Arameans as the descendants of ancient Assyrians and being one of the ten lost tribes of Israel. We all know the tribes of Israel suffered the most from Assyrian rule and they were fierce enemies of each other. Beside all the accounts that tell us the total destruction of Assyria by the Medes.

Another Protestant missionary who tried to emphasize the identity of this possible-Future -Protestant Arameans as the descendants of ancient Assyrians was W.A.Wigram.

There are piles of evidences that contradict these void claims. The “supposed to be Assyrians” of these days, claim and even scream it in every occasion to make the claim a reality. But we know their language is Aramean (Suriyani) which is totally different than ancient Assyrian language, beside the recent history of this term. But unfortunately many Kurds and Arabs know so little about history let alone the capitalist and commercially minded westerners.

A claim that many Assyrians make, that their name comes in historic accounts even by Kurdish accounts like the Sharafname. But this claim has been researched by historians, and concluded that people in middle East mostly refer to people to their region, like someone from Kirkuk, was named Kirkuki whether he was , Kurd, Turkmen or Aramean. So is the case with Assyrians or actually the “Athuris” that is how they are called in the region. That name is been used to label the Nestorian Arameans of Athur(Asur) region at the suburbs of Mosul. The term has no any relation with the ancient Assyrians and the modern Assyrians.

This claim of an existing Assyrian nation that is supposed to be the real heritor of what is now Iraq is obviously void. But nevertheless that does not mean that the Arameans does not have any history and claim of Iraqi territory.

The case of supposed-Assyrians is just a political manoeuvre, and one of the last pep drugs that this nation is using to survive being at the edge of extinction. There are many Assyrians and Chaldeans living in USA and Australia. These desperate and fanatic portion of these people is mobilising the Christian groups to save the Assyrians from alleged savagery of Muslim Kurds. While many of these two communities children are assimilating day after day in the Western society that they even forget where they come from. So you see only a small group that is trying from Diaspora to play the Robin Hood game and seek some popularity and attention to this marginalized and endangered group. Beside many Christians who Saddam called them Arab Christians, have never fought against such a terminology and even were active in Saddam’s apparatus, that were enjoying their privileges and doing too enthusiastically their duty in massacring Kurdish villagers like many Turkmens did who were active and most atrocious Baathist members in Kirkuk.

I think that Kurds should really cherish these minorities and even protect them from any influences that cause any threat to them. But by examining claims by western officials and human right watch committees, you can see there is no real basis for these claims.

Still we have to acknowledge that there are some atrocities happening these days to Assyrians and happened in the last 15 years. But it never happened because they were Assyrian!

There are some Kurdish mobs and mafia tribal figures who confiscate lands and blackmail farmers and merchants. The same mobs and gangs did those acts against Kurdish farmers and merchants too. So it is not legitimate to claim it as a Christian or an Assyrian issue. There have always been criminal and blood thirsty Kurds like in a every nation that sell their soul and nation for money. There were even tribes that collaborated with Saddam to murder their fella Kurds and even helped in the infamous Anfal campaign. How can you explain this!

There are Christians in Kurdistan that are wealthier and powerful than many Kurds. And Christians who are high officials and very respected politicians in Kurdistan. And for the average and normal Kurdish citizens, there have never been any hatred and discrimination against Christian (Assyrian or Chaldeans). Many Kurds in Diaspora are just shocked by the hatred of Some Assyrians towards them. And but still the situation in Kurdistan is peaceful and they are even surprised when these claims are been claimed by some sensational media outlets.

I hope that this desperate group of Diaspora Christians return back and be available in the field and try to mean something to their community, instead of being cyber heroes from their comfortable chairs and life-style in the west. These people claim the most ridiculous assumptions and get easy away with it, due to the ignorance of many people on this planet.

They are not aware from the repercussion and the alienation that it will eventually affect their community in Kurdistan

Some remarks on the article of Mr. Xarib

1. The article is a good summary of scientific facts concerning the spiritual product of Jesus of the West.

2. It is a small fanatic group that desperately fabricates all kinds of propaganda

The word ,,propaganda" is too civilized and too good to describe these liars, full of falsehoods, forgers of Aramean history, forgers of Aramean language and any other bad and evil forgery you can imagine.

3. There has been a nation living in Syria and Anatolia since thousands of years called The Arameans. These Arameans have many world heritages on their name, despite their anonymity in the west.

If you want to learn more about the Aramean nation; we would be happy to send you a copy of the Multi Media project: The Hidden Pearl.

4. It was that time that many Arameans left their East-Nestorian church for the catholic stream. This happened under influence of money and support of the Vatican.

You are completely right! Money and bribery was one of the strongest pillar of Jesus of the West to plant his horrible ideology within the Aramean nation and to fragmentize them. It was the same ideology which initiated the crusades in the middle-east. In these and many other cases we have to distinguish between the Jesus Christ of the Bible and the Jesus of the West; they are completely different.

5. We can definitely confirm that A.Grant, who was a protestant missionary, introduced the concept of the left Arameans being the descendants of ancient Assyrians, as an answer to the newly converted Arameans to Catholicism and adopting the Chaldean name.

Yes you are right! There is however much more information available in the book of Professor John Jospeh. These facts has been summarized here.

6. But unfortunately many Kurds and Arabs know so little about history let alone the capitalist and commercially minded westerners.

Well, perhaps there is a challenge for you to collect more Kurdish, Arab and Shia intellectuals around you and to start a campaign to inform and educate them. As to the West, there are plenty of journalists who deliberately falsify our history for many of them are politically motivated!

7. That name is been used to label the Nestorian Arameans of Athur(Asur) region at the suburbs of Mosul. The term has no any relation with the ancient Assyrians and the modern Assyrians.

This well-known scientific fact; not only testified by the modern scientists but by the Giant professor of the Church of Antioch as well! Unfortunately, the impression is that Mr. Bush and his administration were unaware of these facts.

8. This claim of an existing Assyrian nation that is supposed to be the real heritor of what is now Iraq is obviously void. But nevertheless that does not mean that the Arameans does not have any history and claim of Iraqi territory.

If there would be more people like you within the Kurdish, the Shia and Arab nation, perhaps a little bit justice and fairness would be achieved in Iraq.

9. So you see only a small group that is trying from Diaspora to play the Robin Hood game and seek some popularity and attention to this marginalized and endangered group.

In this case we disagree with you to dishonor the name of Robin Hood in connection with these horrible forgers of history and Aramean language. Robin Hood was a person who did something good!

What these people in their daily life do is lying, cheating, falsifying and distorting of the historical facts. They have created in their minds their own "virtual reality" what they call,, Assyria"; a horrible reality which was invented, developed, promoted and took shape thanks to the zealous efforts of Jesus of the West. At the moment you come up with independent scientific facts which undermines their virtual reality, they start - in agreement with their nature- a horrible hate campaign against you and accuse you of being a ,,liars, traitors, haters", "Zionists", "Jew", "Jewish extremist", "agent of the Mossad", "soldier of Zionists", "having secret plans towards the "Assyrians", "Sick Zionists etc.. etc..". Everything which does not "Match" with their imagination, thoughts and the "virtual reality" they have created with regard to "Assyria"; must be the work of one or another (of course "Jewish" or "Zionist") "secret" organization who want to destroy the "worshippers of this antique Empire".

10. But by examining claims by western officials and human right watch committees, you can see there is no real basis for these claims.

We don't know what you mean by "Western officials" or ,,human right watch committees"; however if you have any report or complain from these people concerning their own product ,,Assyrians"; we would be happy to get a copy from you in order to be able to smash these documents against their own face concerning their criminal product ,,Assyrians".

11. I hope that this desperate group of Diaspora Christians return back and be available in the field and try to mean something to their community, instead of being cyber heroes from their comfortable chairs and life-style in the west.

Don't be naive; of course they will not return and let behind the luxury life in the West! In Iraq, perhaps they would have no ,,luxury" anymore to lie; falsify and distort the historical facts which they call,, freedom of speech, expression and democracy".  These will be extra heavy to them when they will be confronted with independent facts like you have presented. Without lying, cheating, distortion of historical facts, there will be no life for them! It is very difficult to them to accept independent historical facts, lead a civilized and modest life and accept the reality.

As you already perhaps have noticed; they have in agreement with their instinct and nature again wrote a very big story regarding your article. Of course this is their way of life! They can't get enough of it!