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PRESS RELEASE
21 June 2003
Assyrian National Congress Califorina The regime change in Iraq and the recent advances toward democracy in our homeland, under the benevolent leadership of the American government, are appreciated and supported by the Assyrians, the indigenous people of the country. At this crucial time in the long and glorious history of the Assyrian Nation, certain political and religious circles of interest have initiated a concerted campaign to fabricate new names for the Assyrian people. These pseudo historians and intellectuals have taken upon themselves the sole responsibility to glue to our historical and national name (ASSYRIANS) religious denominational names, such as "Chaldo-Assyrians", "Assyro-Chaldeans" and other similar ridiculous fabricated names. Such actions have been taken without the approval or consent of the Assyrian people. In the past, the Assyrian National Congress stood against several attempts by the criminal regime of Saddam Hussein to change the name and history of the Assyrian Nation. His ethnocide policy against the Assyrians is well documented by the U.S. Department of State and international human rights organizations. Once again, the ANC rejects the proposed names and will not support any attempt to corrupt the holy Assyrian name. The ANC will confront these revisionists, the new disciples of "Name Change", on all fronts. The ASSYRIAN (Al-Ashuryeen) name is the only historical, political, national and God given name for the Assyrians. We call upon our Assyrian compatriots, inside and outside Iraq, to stand against the newly created self-serving names for our heroic nation. The ANC is proposing an Assyrian Conference to be held in Baghdad, Iraq within the next two months. Delegates from all Assyrian political parties, religious denominations, and intellectuals will be invited to attend. The main objectives of the conference will be to discuss and debate all questions of interest to the Assyrians of Iraq and their future role in rebuilding their country. We call upon our Assyrian people (Al-Ashuryeen: min Al-Kaldan wa Al-Athouryeen wa Al-Suryan) to support this vision of the ANC. This By The Grace Of God. Sargon Dadesho. Ph.D. President Assyrian National Congress
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