Iraqi Christians Flee Muslim Death Squads

(Mosul, Iraq) Apparently the moderate Muslim population is not demanding peace and tolerance toward Christians in Mosul. Instead, the Christians are being killed.

Some 3,000 Christians have fled the city over the past week alone in a "major displacement," said Duraid Mohammed Kashmoula, the governor of northern Iraq's Ninevah province. He said most have left for churches, monasteries and the homes of relatives in nearby Christian villages and towns.

"The Christians were subjected to abduction attempts and paid ransom, but now they are subjected to a killing campaign," Kashmoula said, adding he believed "al-Qaida" elements were to blame and called for a renewed drive to root them out.

I'm confused. The media and political leaders repeatedly contend that extremists are only a tiny fraction of the Muslim population yet the tiny fraction is allowed to violently force a mass exodus of Christians from a major city.

One might conclude the deadly conditions provide proof that there exists no significant number of moderate, peace-loving Muslims in Mosul. They must reside in other cities.

In any event, the responsibility for cleaning up and rehabilitating the extreme elements in Islam should be with the putative moderate Muslim population. Outside forces shouldn't be asked to come in and clean somebody else's house. And, although those extreme elements have declared war on the West, in the final tally, they kill many more Muslims than they do Westerners.