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{
    "time": "2008-04-08 09:40:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Mirza Shmoil",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1040415\" data-originallang=\"en\">I'll just add to the question of the women at risk. I think it is because the insurgents know that the Christians have no protection, so they take the risk of kidnapping--or whatever they want to do--just for money's sake or because they know there's nobody to protect them. Also, unfortunately, they think that the Christians or Assyrians are pro-American and coalition forces, so they feel they're doing a duty to their country by just causing problems for smaller groups, really.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1040415\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je voudrais simplement ajouter un mot au sujet des femmes en danger. Je crois que c'est parce que les insurgents savent que les chr\u00e9tiens ne sont pas prot\u00e9g\u00e9s, qu'ils prennent le risque de les enlever \u2014 ou de les traiter comme bon leur semble \u2014 uniquement pour de l'argent ou parce qu'ils savent qu'il n'y a personne pour les prot\u00e9ger. Malheureusement, ils croient aussi que les chr\u00e9tiens ou les Assyriens sont proam\u00e9ricains et favorables aux forces de la coalition. Ils ont donc l'impression de rendre service \u00e0 leur pays en cr\u00e9ant des probl\u00e8mes pour les petits groupes. </p>"
    },
    "url": "/committees/immigration/39-2/25/mirza-shmoil-3/",
    "politician_url": null,
    "politician_membership_url": null,
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "2402303",
    "document_url": "/committees/immigration/39-2/25/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fcommittees%2Fimmigration%2F39-2%2F25%2F"
    }
}