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After ISIS Defeat, Christians In Iraq Proudly Celebrate Christmas by stanech: 1:40pm On Dec 26, 2017
ISIS has been defeated on the ground in Iraq, according to Iraqi and U.S.. military officials. After years of barbarism and slaughter of Christians in the region, their reign of terror and genocide is over and a new hope resides in the streets.

In Baghdad Iraqi Christians are proudly displaying a 30-foot tall Christmas tree and passers by have been taking photos and selfies in front of it all weekend long.

Iraqi Christians have raised a 30-ft. tall Christmas tree in Baghdad to celebrate both the holiday and the expulsion of ISIS extremists by Iraq Security Forces.


Today, while Christians throughout the region enter the holiday generally apprehensive about their place in a turbulent Middle East, the diverse Armenian, Assyrian, Chaldean and Syriac communities in northern Iraq have something special to celebrate.

Christmas trees have appeared in market places and Santa Claus has been sighted on the streets of Mosul.

“It might seem strange to hear that a female Santa Claus has appeared in this city,” said seventeen-year old Ghenwa Ghassan. “But I wanted to give the people here a simple gift — to bring Christmas to a place where it had been banished.”

Dressed as Santa, Ghassan distributed toys and school supplies to Christian and Muslim children in the rubble strewn streets of Old Mosul.

After three years of domination by ISIS, which included killing, abduction, and banishment of Christians from Mosul and the surrounding area, the return of Christmas marks a moment of hope that more people may be able to return along with the holiday.

“The young people spent the night decorating our town with lights just like we used to before ISIS came,” said Bernadette Al-Maslob, a fifty-nine year old archaeologist, in Karamlesh, eighteen miles southeast of Mosul.


https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2017/12/25/after-isis-defeat-christians-in-iraq-put-up-a-christmas-tree-for-all-to-see-in-baghdad-n2426637
Re: After ISIS Defeat, Christians In Iraq Proudly Celebrate Christmas by princechurchill(m): 1:45pm On Dec 26, 2017
Beautiful news Christianity leads

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Re: After ISIS Defeat, Christians In Iraq Proudly Celebrate Christmas by Pierohandsome: 2:01pm On Dec 26, 2017
Sure ISIS cannot survive any more because their leader and sponsor Barrack Osama has left white house as US president.

The present Jewish president Donald Trump does not smile nor dine with terrorists like his predecessor

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Re: After ISIS Defeat, Christians In Iraq Proudly Celebrate Christmas by baralatie(m): 2:05pm On Dec 26, 2017
we pray for peace
Re: After ISIS Defeat, Christians In Iraq Proudly Celebrate Christmas by dodelight(m): 2:13pm On Dec 26, 2017
princechurchill:
Beautiful news Christianity leads
Yeah! It's A Good News! Merry Christmas, Iraq!

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Re: After ISIS Defeat, Christians In Iraq Proudly Celebrate Christmas by hatchy(f): 2:44pm On Dec 26, 2017
You see that?

Christianity is the real religion of "peace" and love.
Its not like the other one that its adherents slam their head on the ground like cows and always unleashing violence killing and maiming people with or without any provocation.

Joyeux Noel people of Iraq!

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Re: After ISIS Defeat, Christians In Iraq Proudly Celebrate Christmas by SouthEastFacts: 11:27am On Dec 27, 2017
Thank you Trump.

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Re: After ISIS Defeat, Christians In Iraq Proudly Celebrate Christmas by Saaruman(m): 3:24pm On Dec 27, 2017
ISIS, the by product of of Obama, the Manchurian man.

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Re: After ISIS Defeat, Christians In Iraq Proudly Celebrate Christmas by abeeee(m): 2:02pm On Dec 28, 2017
Pierohandsome:
Sure ISIS cannot survive any more because their leader and sponsor Barrack Osama has left white house as US president.

The present Jewish president Donald Trump does not smile nor dine with terrorists like his predecessor
my guy it was the Russians that did the work

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