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> --On 21 November 2000, 18:18 -0500 "ZENIT News Agency" <english1@zenit.org> > wrote: > >> >> IRAQI SYRIAN-CATHOLIC LEADER WANTS EMBARGO LIFTED >> Christian Families Lining Up to Emigrate, He Tells Vatican Agency >> >> ROME, NOV. 21, 2000 (ZENIT.org).- The international community must be > aware >> that the embargo against Iraq "constitutes a flagrant injustice," >> Syrian-Catholic Archbishop Athanase Matti Shaba Matoka of Baghdad said > today. >> >> Archbishop Athanase Matti was in Rome for the Syrian Church's Jubilee >> pilgrimage to the tomb of St. Peter. He made his statement to the Vatican >> agency Fides. >> >> The archbishop, 70, is the leader of the second largest Iraqi Christian >> community, which includes 50,000 faithful. Chaldean Catholics number > 500,000. >> >> The archbishop told Fides that Iraqi Christians are leaving the country: >> "Many Iraqi Christian families crowd the doors of embassies in Amman >> (Jordan), ready to do anything to obtain a visa for America, Canada or >> Australia." >> >> In the spirit of the Jubilee, he said, the embargo should be lifted. A > U.N. >> embargo was imposed after Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990. The Church, >> Caritas and Iraqi benefactors abroad are sending medical supplies and >> assistance to help the country's people. > > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq For removal from list, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk Full details of CASI's various lists can be found on the CASI website: http://www.casi.org.uk