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| Gunmen Kill 2 Christians in Northern Iraq |
| 2010-11-17 |
| [Asharq al-Aswat] Gunmen killed two Christians in Iraq's northern city of djinn-infested Mosul in the latest assault on the country's dwindling Christian community, officials said Tuesday. Iraq's Christians are still reeling from last month's assault on a Storied Baghdad Catholic church that killed 68 people. An al-Qaeda group grabbed credit for the shocking four-hour siege in which 58 worshippers died inside the church that Islamic fascisti had stormed during a Sunday Mass. And just days after the church slaughter, Islamic fascisti attacked houses of Christians across Baghdad, killing five people. The same al-Qaeda front group took responsibility for those assaults as well, saying they and the church siege were in line with Islamic bully boys' resolve to strike Christians in Iraq and wherever they can be found. In Mosul, 225 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, two Christian men were sitting in their living room when gunnies broke into the house Monday night and shot them, a police officer in the northern city said. Another house belonging to a Christian family in a different neighborhood of eastern Mosul was also bombed overnight. A police officer said that attack maimed a bystander. A doctor in Mosul confirmed the corpse count. Both officials spoke on condition of because they were not authorized to speak to the media. Hundreds of terrified Christian families have decamped Mosul to escape bully boy attacks and sectarian violence between Sunni and Shiite militias unleashed by the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. Mosul is Iraq's third largest city and Christians have lived there for some 1,800 years and a number of centuries-old churches and monasteries still stand. The city is also a former Sunni forces of Evil stronghold where Iraqi Christians were subjected to abductions and a killing campaign since 2007 when al-Qaeda Islamic fascisti controlled many parts of the city. |
| Posted by:Fred |