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Iran Assyrians support Iraq's Christians
[Iran Press TV] Iranian Assyrians have held a demonstration in front of the UN office in Tehran to condemn a deadly attack on a church in Iraq last month.Hundreds of Iranian Assyrian Christians held a demonstration in front of the UN office in Tehran on Monday to condemn the October 31 massacre of Christians in Storied Baghdad's Sayidat al-Nejat (Our Lady of Salvation) Catholic Church, a Press TV correspondent reported. They also asked the United Nations, aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society to support Iraq's Assyrian Christian community. On the last day of October, a group of gunnies took dozens of worshippers hostage in Baghdad's Sayidat al-Nejat Catholic Church. 52 people died and 67 others were maimed in the hostage crisis, which lasted nearly four hours until police intervened. An al-Qaeda-linked organization has grabbed credit for the assault. Many Assyrian communities across the globe have held similar demonstrations to express their outrage over the deadly attack. Qassem Atta, the front man for the Baghdad Operations Command, told the Aswat al-Iraq news agency that the Iraqi security forces have jugged five of the gunnies. About 100 people were inside the church for an evening mass when the attack occurred. MP Yonathan Betkolia, the representative of the Assyrian Christian community in the Iranian Parliament, strongly denounced the attack earlier this month and criticized the international community for their silence about the incident. Posted by: Fred 2010-11-16 |
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