Lebanon's Gemayel warns against Iraqi Christian displacement
17/10/2008 17:30
Former Lebanese Christian President Amin Gemayel warned yesterday of
"racial cleaning" campaign targeting Christians in Iraq, local An-Nahar daily
reported today.
Gemayel, who is a pro-Western leader heading the
pro-government Christian Phalange Party in Lebanon, told a press conference that
"the campaign targeting Iraqi Christians is aimed at displacing them similar to
the displacement of the Palestinians."
"It is regrettable that this campaign
is taking place while the new Iraqi regime and the American forces are
watching," he said.
"What raised suspicion is that this campaign of racial
cleaning against Iraqi Christians is underway as the security situation in Iraq
is improving," Gemayel said, adding Iraqi Christians have set "the first example
of Christian-Muslim coexistence."
Gemayel urged Lebanese spiritual leaders to
form a joint delegation from all Lebanese sects to "travel to Iraq on a fact-
finding mission to inspect the situation of Iraqi Christians."
Thousands of
Iraqi Christians are reportedly leaving their homes following attacks and
aggressions targeting them.
The Gemayel Family in Lebanon, founders of the
Phalange Party, have led the Christians in the country through out the Lebanese
civil war in 1975-1990.
Xinhua
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