Largest Massacre of Christians in Syria Ignored
By Raymond Ibrahim
November 26, 2013 | 10:23 am

Raymond Ibrahim is author of Crucified Again: Exposing Islam’s New War on Christians.
The worst Christian massacre-complete with mass graves, tortured-to-death women and children, and destroyed churches-recently took place in Syria, at the hands of the U.S.-supported jihadi "rebels"; and the U.S. government and its "mainstream media" mouthpiece are, as usual, silent (that is, when not actively trying to minimize matters).
The massacre took place in Sadad, an ancient Syriac Orthodox Christian habitation, so old as to bementioned in the Old Testament. Most of the region's inhabitants are poor, as Sadad is situated in the remote desert between Homs and Damascus (desert regions, till now, apparently the only places Syria's Christians could feel secure; 600 Christian families had earlier fled there for sanctuary from the jihad, only to be followed by it).
In late October, the U.S-supported "opposition" invaded and occupied Sadad for over a week, till ousted by the nation's military. Among other atrocities, 45 Christians-including women and children-were killed, several tortured to death; Sadat's 14 churches, some ancient, were ransacked and destroyed; the bodies of six people from one family, ranging from ages 16 to 90, were found at the bottom of a well (an increasingly common fate for "subhuman" Christians).
The jihadis even made agraphic video (with English subtitles) of those whom they massacred, while shouting Islam's victory-cry, "Allahu Akbar" (which John McCainequates to a Christian saying "thank God". Another video, made after Sadad was liberated shows more graphic atrocities.
Here are the words of Archbishop Selwanos Boutros Alnemeh, Syriac Orthodox Metropolitan of Homs and Hama (another detailed account, with pictures, appearshere):
What happened in Sadad is the most serious and biggest massacre of Christians in Syria in the past two years and a half…45 innocent civilians were martyred for no reason, and among them several women and children, many thrown into mass graves. Other civilians were threatened and terrorized. 30 were wounded and 10 are still missing. For one week, 1,500 families were held as hostages and human shields. Among them children, the elderly, the young, men and women…. All the houses of Sadad were robbed and property looted. The churches are damaged and desecrated, deprived of old books and precious furniture…What happened in Sadad is the largest massacre of Christians in Syria and the second in the Middle East, after the one in the Church of Our Lady of Salvation in Iraq, in 2010.
In the Iraqi attack of 2010, al-Qaeda linked jihadis stormed the church during service killing some 60 Christian worshippers (seehere for graphic images of the aftermath).
While the archbishop is correct that this is the "largest massacre of Christians in Syria," it is but the tip of the iceberg of the persecution the nation's Christian minority has suffered-including beheadings, church bombings, kidnappings, rapes, and dislocation of hundreds of thousands of Christians-since the war broke out (see Syria entries in monthly persecution series).
A month before Sadad, another ancient Christian region, Ma'loula, one of the world's very few regions that still spoke Aramaic, the language of Jesus, was besieged by the jihadis, its churches bombarded and plundered, its inhabitants forced to convert to Islam or die. The last words of one man who refused were: "I am a Christian, and if you want to kill me for this, I do not object to it."
The archbishop concluded his statement concerning Sadad by asking: "We have shouted aid to the world but no one has listened to us. Where is the Christian conscience? Where is human consciousness? Where are my brothers? I think of all those who are suffering today in mourning and discomfort: We ask everyone to pray for us."
Serge Trifkovic-who hails from a European region especially acquainted with Islamic jihad-responds to the archbishop as follows:
That no "human consciousness" is to be found in the White House, or in the editorial offices of the leading Western media, is now a matter of well-established record. Just try searching for "Sadad" (or alternatively "Saddad" on the websites of the Department of State orThe New York Times. Ditto the leading European dailies, the CNN/BBC/RTF, the human-rights defending "NGOs" et al.
The problem, of which Archbishop Selwanos Boutros Alnemeh appears unaware, is no longer in the Western elite's mere indifference to the impending demise of Christianity in the lands of its birth, but in its active, ongoing, and open contribution to that demise. Cyprus (1974) and the Balkans (1991-9) provided the test, Iraq (2003-today) the conclusive proof. In Syria the Obama administration remains committed to supporting the rebels-ah, yes, only the "moderate" ones, like the Christian-murdering "Free Syrian Army" (discretion advised again), not "even though" the result will be the same, but precisely because it will be.
Inone of the Arabic videos documenting the aftermath of the Sadad massacre, as the mutilated bodies of one family are drawn from a well (around :30 second mark), a middle-aged male relative, in tears, says:
The most precious in the whole universe [his family], are now gone, leaving me alone, but thank God I am still surrounded by these loving people who remain. I want to say, let people [the jihadis] return to their minds. The problems of the world can only be solved by knowledge and brains. Enough insanity, the nerves of the people are shredded. Enough, enough-return to your minds; you people, you humans-return to your humanity, enough crimes.
As a sign of the times, here is a Syrian, an "easterner," evoking rationalism and humanity, products of Christian civilization, at a time when the post-Christian West is governed by anything and everything-propaganda, emotionalism, mindless indoctrination-but the twain.

Demmzy15:
Islam has nothing to do with the killings, of indeed the story is true them the perpetrators are bunch of savages and criminals who God would destroy ultimately.

The crime was carried out by US funded and trained "moderate rebels" trying to overthrow Assad. The brief respite they enjoyed was when the are came under the control of the military.

Demmzy15:

The only rebel recognized are the Free Syrian Army, it consists of mainly Muslims, Christians andand others. This is the group financed, but Al Qaeda linked militants did this not the FSA. The people who did this have nothing to do with Islam!

The article above claimed they were trained by the CIA. With recent reports of US trained fighters defecting to ISIL and al-nusra front, it would won't be out of place to think these programs are used to strengthen terror groups in syria. At the long run the fanciful "moderates"
morphed into ISIL and al nusra. Top US military commander while testifying in the senate said only a handful are still fighting, having trained and armed tens of them. The question is,where are the rest? Pledging fealty to ISIL or al-nusra?
Russia forcing the US to destroy its own project at its infancy.
www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/?p=122380

Demmzy15:

Doesn't change the fact that FSA is still on of the largest fighting forces on ground. I don't have time to be analyzing the problem in Syria now. My final note is what the op stated has nothing to do with Islam.

Iam not blaming moslems for the atrocity but just some de generates acting in the name of Islam to kill and destroy. People sponsored by gulf countries and saudi arabia, Salafists and wahabist or whatever they may be known by.

Demmzy15:

Doesn't change the fact that FSA is still on of the largest fighting forces on ground. I don't have time to be analyzing the problem in Syria now. My final note is what the op stated has nothing to do with Islam.

Iam not blaming moslems for the atrocity but just some de generates acting in the name of Islam to kill and destroy. People sponsored and funded by the US, gulf countries and saudi arabia, Salafists and wahabist or whatever they may be known by.

Demmzy15:

I enjoyed your posts except for the cancelled. That's not correct!

No need going back and forth with that. There are solid proofs to back that claim up. Good thing is that the Russians are going to roll back the whole terror project as the US,Israel and S. Arabia watch helplessly and in horror too, as their multi-billion terror investments go up in flames.

Demmzy15:
Islam has nothing to do with the killings, of indeed the story is true them the perpetrators are bunch of savages and criminals who God would destroy ultimately.

Al taquiya alert. Quoran 9:29 and quoran 9:5 it has everything to do with your satanic islamic religion.