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Posted by Jeff (Guest) - Friday, September 9 2005, 16:39:06 (CEST)
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Subject: Regarding AINA
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 10:36:13 -0400
From: Jeffrey J. Atto <jeff@attoz.com>
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To Whom It May Concern,
I was disappointed to read your interview with Peter BetBasoo ("Behind
the AINA"), in the most recent issue of the Chaldean News. AINA has no
credentials as a news agency, and has actually blatantly lied in their
press releases. For example, in the following 3 stories you will hear
about Assyrian-Chaldeans being kidnapped, etc., but most of these
stories are outright fabrications. Please read below for more information:

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1. Injustices Committed Against Assyrians in Northern Iraq

http://www.aina.org/releases/injustices.htm

A. On the morning of January 13, 1996, Wasan Mishael, a 16 year-old
Assyrian girl from Simele was kidnapped at gunpoint from her home. Under
extreme emotional and physical pressure and abuse, she was forced to
denounce her Christian religion and marry one of her kidnapers. The
courage of the young girl and the Assyrian population's outrage forced
Assyrian political parties to take action and force the capture of the
criminals involved. As of this writing, however, the criminals have not
been brought to justice under the present law. Those in charge in the
area have not shown any justifiable reason for the delay in applying the
law in this case, perhaps hoping that it will escape the memory of the
Assyrian people.

B. On January 20, 1996, another minor was kidnapped. This time the
victim was a 13 year-old Assyrian girl named Janet Oshana, who resided
in the village of Mulla-Urab, near the town of Zakho. The perpetrator of
this crime is a Kurdish man named Khorshid Othman Kalash. Although the
Assyrian community's anger forced the kidnaper's apprehension by the
authorities, the young girl has not yet been returned to the custody of
her parents, and neither has the offender Kalash been brought to face
justice.

2. Cases of Kurdish Attacks upon Assyrians of North Iraq

http://www.aina.org/releases/cases.htm

A. In another incident, on January 13, 1996 armed Kurds kidnaped Wassan
Mishael, a sixteen-year-old girl from Simel. She was threatened and
forced to renounce her Christian faith. Then she was forced to marry one
of the Kurdish kidnappers. The attackers have been found and identified.
The information has been brought to the attention of the local
governmental officials. There has been no investigation. None of the
attackers have been brought to justice, there has been no trial.

B. On January 20, 1996 an armed man named Khorsheed Uthman Galash
kidnaped Janet Oshanna, a 13-year-old girl from Mal-Urab near Zakho. The
kidnapper has subsequently been identified and all information has been
provided to the authorities. No investigation has been carried out. The
attacker has not been brought to justice. The young girl has not yet
been returned to her family.

3. PKK Abducts Assyrian Girl

http://www.aina.org/releases/pkk.htm

C. Witnesses in North Iraq said that a group of armed PKK guerillas
abducted a fifteen-year-old Assyrian girl named Ahlam Patrus Nissan from
her village on September 16, 1996. Local farmers and others who
witnessed the kidnapping said they saw the girl being carried off with
an expression of fear on her face. The PKK admitted that they have the
girl but they claim she joined them willfully. They have refused to
allow anyone to speak to the teenaged girl. Apparently, it is common
practice among some Kurdish tribes that after such abduction, the young
girl is forced to marry her kidnapper. It is also common that in such
cases, the victim is forced to renounce her Christian faith and convert
to Islam.
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[The following information was sent to me by David Chibo of Australia,
after visiting Northern Iraq for an extended period of time.]

*"According to Kaiser Matti from the village of Khalilane in the Nahla
district of northern Iraq, of the 3 incidents misreported by AINA
(above), _only_ the kidnapping of Wasan Mishael (A) is true and the
Assyrian politicians with Kurdish support had her released and the
criminal responsible prosecuted.

As for the other two incidents (i.e. B and C) he clearly stated that
they were cases of Assyrian Christian women eloping with and marrying
Kurdish men.

He even went on to give me an example of another Assyrian woman that had
fallen in love with a Kurdish man and had tried to elope with him.
She'd gotten up early in the morning and attempted to secretly go to his
village. Her brother and his friends had caught up with her and -
determined to save his family's honor - he shot her through the heart
(killing her) and threw her body into a ravine.

But I guess AINA was too busy to report on that incident..... "

*I respect the Chaldean News, and value that you are creating a
periodical that can be trusted by its readers. Unfortunately, when the
Chaldean News reprints press releases from AINA (The Assyrian
International News Agency), the quality and image of your excellent
paper becomes tarnished because of AINA's distortions and intentional
misrepresentations.

Kind Regards,
Jeffrey J. Atto



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