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http://www.zindamagazine.com. Assyrian Zinda Magazine Dear Reader, It's over. Thirty years of brutality, terror, and torment for 24 million Iraqis ended as American troops were greeted by cheering crowds in Baghdad today. The United States Vice President Dick Cheney earlier officially declared the end of Saddam Hussein's regime. Now comes the clean-up and reconstruction efforts, formation of an interim authority (not government), and the U.S. vs United Nations debate over who should run the new Iraq. We leave these topics for future consideration. This week we focus on the Assyrian forces in the North and the reaction of the Assyrians living in the United States. The Zowaa troops with the help of the American and Kurdish forces are about to enter the ancient city of Mosul (Nineveh) after successfully liberating Kirkuk, Sulaimaniya, Ainkawa, and Alqosh. In two separate articles this week note the interesting contrast between the interviews conducted with the heads of two Assyrian churches in the United States: Mar Ibrahim, Bishop of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Detroit, and Mar Bawai Soro, Bishop of the Church of the East in California -- the former opposing the U.S. involvement in Iraq and the latter agreeing with the U.S. stand in that country. We will have more on this in the next issue. Watch out al-Jazeera, here comes Sargon Dadesho with 1.5 million dollars to pump up his satellite television. Ms. Nadia Mirza meets with President Bush in the White House, and a Fulbright Scholarship recipient will be studying about Assyrians in Sweden. For these and much more visit: http://www.zindamagazine.com. Our last Week's Poll Result: Question: Do you have close relatives living in Baghdad or other major Iraqi cities? Total votes: 181 1: Yes 108 (59.67) 2: No 61 (33.70%) 3: Only friends, no relatives 12 (6.63%) Enjoy this week's issue and be sure to visit our homepage for daily updates from Iraq and elsewhere. Z-Crew _______________________________________________ Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk