Speaker. the atrocious spectacle occasioned by the public execution of 14 Iraqi citizens. nine of whom were Jews. raises once again the specter of extinction of a minority group only because of their religious beliefs. The persecution of the Jews in Iraq has been well documented over the years. Economic sanctions and travel restrictions have made it impossible for the pitifully few Jews remaining in Iraq to either sustain themselves properly or to emigrate from Iraq. Now the process of persecution and discrimination has taken a macabre turn with the recent hangings. And we are told by the Iraqi Government that the trials and presumably the executions will continue. although the executions will not again be public.
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