Christian churches under attack in wave of Iraqi violence

[papau]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1504&ncid=1504&e=1&u=/afp/20040801/ts_afp/iraq_040801184800

Christian churches under attack in wave of Iraqi violence

BAGHDAD (AFP) - At least six bombs exploded during evening prayers at churches in Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul in what appeared to be a targeted assault on Iraq 's small but influential Christian minority, police said. <snip>

The worst devastation occurred at a large church and seminary complex in southern Baghdad, where the ravaged compound resembled a war zone, an AFP correspondent said. The car exploded as worshippers were leaving the church following mass, said an AFP correspondent at the scene. <snip>

Police reported a fourth explosion in Baghdad, outside a Chaldean Catholic church in the east of the city. <snip>

In Mosul, 370 kilometres (230 miles) north of Baghdad, two car bombs exploded in the early evening outside a Syrian-rite church, a security official, Major Mohammed Omar Taha, said. <snip>

In Kirkuk, police said an explosion went off in a Christian residential neighbourhood, but that there were no casualties. <snip>


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=4&u=/nm/20040801/ts_nm/iraq_dc

At Least 12 Killed in One of Baghdad Church Blasts

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 12 people were killed in one of the four attacks on churches in Baghdad Sunday, a Reuters witness said. <snip>

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=12&u=/nm/20040801/ts_nm/iraq_bomb_church_dc

Total of Six Iraqi Churches Attacked

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A senior Iraqi government official confirmed Sunday that four Christian churches in Baghdad and two in the northern city of Mosul had been targeted in car bomb attacks and said he expected "huge casualties." <snip>

[Moderator]

1. Please add your links to this thread and discuss here, thanks

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x721142