The Betrayal of the Powerless

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The Betrayal of the Powerless Assyrians after the 2003 U.S. Invasion of Iraq by Frederick A. Aprim Purchase: Website | Amazon | XLibris

The Betrayal of the Powerless
Assyrians after the 2003 US Invasion of Iraq
by Frederick A. Aprim | profile | writings | website

Book Details

• Publisher: Xlibris US
  (February 24, 2021)
  
• Language: English
  
• Paperback: 496 pages
  
• ISBN-10: 1664157956
  
• ISBN-13: 978-1664157958
  
• Weight: 1.59 pounds
  
• Dimensions: 6 x 9 x 1.11 inches

Book Description

The indigenous Assyrians, Yezidis and the other smaller groups in Iraq were jubilant listening to United States President Bush explain the objectives behind the 2003 war on Iraq, promising to end the oppressive regime of Saddam Hussein and securing freedom for all Iraqi people, regardless of their ethnicity or religious belief. It did not take long before the Assyrians began witnessing a genocide and yet another betrayal (the first was that promise made by of the British post World War I) when the US deserted the indigenous Assyrians and Yezidis and surrendered to the demands of the Shi'a Arabs and the Kurds. The continuous attacks on the Assyrian Christians in Iraq and bombing of churches started in 2004 and intensified through 2011. In 2014, ISIS invaded the Assyrian and Yezidi towns in northern Iraq (and in Syria) and caused a new tragedy and genocide while the Kurds and Shi'a strengthened their positions in the new Iraq.

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Assyrian Cultural Foundation, Qala Mhadyana host Ninos Nirari, September 25, 2021.

Paul Gewargis and William Aprim at the Assyrian American Association (AAA) Festival promoting Frederick Aprim's new book, including a collage of photographs of other Assyrian activists' booths, on October 10, 2021 in Skokie, Illinois.

Book Review

Mr. Aprim provides in his book, The Betrayal of the Powerless: Assyrians After the 2003 US Invasion of Iraq, a lucid outline and analysis of the events after the fall of Saddam Hussein and the rise of the ambitious Kurdish power in the region inhabited by Iraq's indigenous population of Assyrians. According to the Author, the American policy in Iraq after the two Gulf Wars brought no end to their marginalized political power. In fact, it unleashed other internal and external actors who further deteriorated their status as the oldest inhabitants of Mesopotamia. This is an essential reading in order to fully understand the condition of the Assyrians under Kurdish, Arab and Islamic rules and the challenges faced by Assyrians in Iraq, Syria and perhaps soon in Iran. Mr. Aprim, with this work introduces the reader to the historical and current reality told by a person who knows the socio-ethnic-cultural environment of the different ethnic groups of Mesopotamia and their neighbours. The concise description of the events reflects a deep knowledge on behalf of the author of the modern history of the Assyrians.

In his new book Frederick Aprim offers a detailed survey of the plight suffered by the Assyrians of Iraq in the 21st century. It details how the American invasion in 2003 stirred up renewed hope for liberation, resettlement and even self-determination among this indigenous minority, only to be crushed once again as discrimination and the horrors unleashed by ISIS in 2014 caused renewed waves of emigration. Today, fewer Assyrians than ever before in history remain in their ancestral areas. Aprim's work offers an important insider perspective to anyone who wishes to understand the current state and future outlook of the Assyrians in Iraq and the Middle East.

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Iraq Tribunal: The Israel Connection (Alison Weir)
https://www.atour.com/~aahgn/news/20230110a.html

Iraq Tribunal: The Israel Connection (Alison Weir)
October 13, 2022
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeGrVI0fxrU
This was eventually published on the Iraq Tribunal website - https://www.iraqtribunal.org/alison_weir
The articles mentioned in the video:
"White Man's Burden," by Ari Shavit, Ha'aretz, April 3, 2003: http://iakn.us/2ggApnF
"Perles of Wisdom for the Feithful," by Akiva Eldar, Ha'aretz, October 1, 2002: http://iakn.us/2hkzdzo
"The Bush Neocons and Israel," by Kathleen and Bill Christison, Counterpunch, December 2002: http://iakn.us/2h1ajEi
"Neo-Cons, Israel and the Bush Administration," by Stephen Green, Counterpunch, February 2004: http://iakn.us/2ggBcVi 
Books mentioned in the video:
"The Transparent Cabal: The Neoconservative Agenda, War in the Middle East, and the National Interest of Israel​" by Dr. Stephen J Sniegoski: http://iakn.us/2geT2mJ​
"The Road to Iraq: The Making of a Neoconservative War" by Muhammad Idrees Ahmad: http://iakn.us/2hoz4Hn
"The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy" by John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt: http://iakn.us/2gfPFAR 
Some additional books with information on this topic:
"Shadow Elite: How the World's New Power Brokers Undermine Democracy, Government, and the Free Market​" by Janine R. Wedel: http://iakn.us/2hoBKEW
"Queen of Chaos: The Misadventures of Hillary Clinton"​ by Diane Johnstone: http://iakn.us/2gojmhO
Wedell discusses the "massive and concerted ​'information​' effort conducted by the Neocon core and their associates, with crucial participation from certain columnists and reporters, that was essential in taking the United States to war in Iraq​."​
"​....​beginning in the mid-1970s, they employed methods ranging from the creation of alternative intelligence; to might-be-authorized, might-not-be authorized diplomacy; to setting up pressure groups; to suspending standard government process, always contesting government information, assessments, and expertise. These methods—perfected over the years—would be deployed in full force in the Neocon core’s effort to take the United States to war in 2003.​"
Johnstone states: "...the neocons gained notoriety as architects of the disastrous invasion of Iraq. The main thinker behind this war was Bush’s Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Paul Wolfowitz​..."
"...two veterans of the defunct PNAC, William Kristol and Robert Kagan, returned in 2009 to found the Foreign Policy Institute (FPI). Robert Kagan is the current leading neocon theorist and the husband of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s spokeswoman, Victoria Nuland, instigator of the Ukrainian coup in early 2014.​​​"
For information on the early roots of the Israel lobby, please see Alison Weir's book, "Against Our Better Judgment: The Hidden History of How the U.S. Was Used to Create Israel": http://iakn.us/AOBJ-book
More information at https://ifamericansknew.org/us_ints/neocons.html 
For information on the efforts against Iran, please see http://iakn.us/2gUjFif and http://iakn.us/2gUls6T
License: Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)