Campaign to protect Assyrians

Yesterday in London George Carey, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, launched a campaign to save the Assyrian Christians of Iraq from extinction. Despite the change in régime in Baghdad nearly two years ago, the plight of Assyrians has only worsened. According to Lord Carey, "In recent months and years churches and monasteries have been attacked and people have been killed." Although estimates differ as to numbers, the following is from The Telegraph: "About 800,000 Assyrians live in Iraq with an additional half a million around the world. They still speak the ancient biblical language of Aramaic." We would do well to pray for these brothers and sisters in Christ, as well as to support Carey's campaign.