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Chris Smith: We are witnessing the disappearance of Christians and Christianity from Iraq, Syria, and elsewhere in the Middle East, a…

On the recordSeptember 9, 2014
We are witnessing the disappearance of Christians and Christianity from Iraq, Syria, and elsewhere in the Middle East, a religious, cultural genocide.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Describes the threat to Christians in the Middle East as a cultural genocide.

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