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Prelate: Iraqi Attacks Political, Not Religious [2009-07-14]
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Links Persecution With Fundamentalism - The archbishop of Baghdad, Iraq, is affirming that the problem of violence in Iraq is more politically motivated than religiously.
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Vatican Says Rebels in Mosul Have Not Harmed Christians, Churches:

Rebels who captured Mosul last week have not harmed Christian residents or churches in what is Iraq's second-largest city, the Vatican's top envoy in Iraq told Rudaw, adding that everyone waited with fear to see what would happen next. Ref. Source 2

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Yes, they haven't harmed anyone but the choices that were laid before the feet of the Christians was pretty interesting...

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I guess I should look on the bright side and they haven't been any killings because of it yet, due to either a conversion to Islam or that they pick up and leave (I guess a few can pay the tax). However, with this treatment at the outset, I have little hope for what Iraqi is about to turn into...especially if you are a woman or not the right religion.

Catholics Iraq

What will make people want to live surrounded by others who hate them? Is it that they have no choice due to financial reasons or that they are Christ's witnesses in that part of the world? Either way I hope they can abide their time and get to safety.

Catholics Iraq

Pope to El Cajon priest: stay put

A Christian priest who had been ordered by his patriarch to return to his native Iraq has been granted permission by the Vatican to remain in the United States. Noel Gorgis, 49, ... Ref. Source 8