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Qaraqosh Protection Committee
LeadersSarkis Aghajan Mamendo
Sabah Behnem
HeadquartersQaraqosh, Iraq
Active regionsNinawa Governorate
Size1,200[1]
Part ofChaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council[2]
Allies Iraqi Armed Forces
Peshmerga
Asayish
Nineveh Plain Protection Units
Opponents Al-Qaeda in Iraq
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
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The Qaraqosh Protection Committee (also known as the Nineveh Plains Security Forces) is an armed militia formed by Assyrians living in the city of Bakhdida, in Ninawa Governorate of Iraq. The committee, formed in 2004, was organized through local churches, and began manning checkpoints and was soon working with the Iraqi police.[3]

  1. ^ "45000 Assyrians Iraqis". Aftonbladet. Archived from the original on August 15, 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
  2. ^ "In response to statements made by MP Imad Juhanna..." IshtarTV.com (in Arabic). 6 February 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Christian Security Forces Growing Stronger In Iraq". NPR. 2008-10-06. Retrieved 2012-04-08.

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