Saturday, October 25, 2008

Iraq's Christians "sacrificial lambs" as attacks mount

A Christian family huddles in an austere room in a monastery in northern Iraq, their belongings piled up around them. It is now home, since members of their religious minority became targets of sectarian attacks.

The father, an engineer who was so scared that he asked to keep his name and that of his family unidentified, rushed his wife and two daughters to the Chaldean Catholic al-Saida monastery at the foot of arid mountains in northern Iraq on October 9, a day after hearing that four fellow Christians were killed.

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1 comment:

lyndabyrd said...

Amy, I'm sorry but I shouldn't have listed their names could you not approve my last entry? If you already have it's ok.

Lynda