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==Modern Usage==

==Modern Usage==

'''Chaldeans''' are an [[Eastern Rite]] [[Catholic]] minority originating in the [[Middle East]].  The speak a language called "Chaldean" which is a branch of [[Aramaic]].  They are closely related to modern [[Assyrians]].  Many Chaldeans have immigrated to the U.S. from [[Iraq]] due to anti-Christian persecution.<ref>http://www.byzantines.net/epiphany/chaldean.htm</ref>  Since the U.S. invasion of Iraq, it has been next to impossible for Chaldeans to immigrate to the U.S. any longer.  Those fleeing persecution have gone to Syria, hardly a bastion of equal opportunity for Christians either.  There are large Chaldean communities in Los Angeles and Detroit.<ref>http://www.chaldeanvoice.org/</ref>

'''Chaldeans''' are an [[Eastern Rite]] [[Catholic]] minority originating in the [[Middle East]].  The speak a language called "Chaldean", or "Syriac", which is a branch of [[Aramaic]].  They are closely related to modern [[Assyrians]].  Many Chaldeans have immigrated to the U.S. from [[Iraq]] due to anti-Christian persecution.<ref>http://www.byzantines.net/epiphany/chaldean.htm</ref>  Since the U.S. invasion of Iraq, it has been next to impossible for Chaldeans to immigrate to the U.S. any longer.  Those fleeing persecution have gone to Syria, hardly a bastion of equal opportunity for Christians either.  There are large Chaldean communities in Los Angeles and Detroit.<ref>http://www.chaldeanvoice.org/</ref>

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