Iraq in The News Press Releases

 
 
 
Assyrian International News Agency
January 28, 2009
 
December 16, 2008
 
Who's Killing Christians in Iraq?
FrontPage Magazine.com
October 27, 2008
 
15,000 Iraqi Christians Driven Out of Mosul
Christian Post
October 20, 2008
 
 
 
3 Iraqi Christians Killed in 24 Hours
Christian Post
October 8, 2008
 
 
Two Christians Kidnapped, Then Killed in Iraq
Christian Post
September 4, 2008
 
Iraqi Christians Face Discrimination
United Press International
August 26, 2008
 
Saving the Christians of Iraq
Inside Catholic
August 26, 2008
 
Catholic News Service
July 29, 2008
 
FrontPage Magazine
July 25, 2008
 
Iraqi Christians Face New Persecution
Chaldean.org
July 11, 2008
 
USA Today
June 29, 2008
 
60 Minutes
June 26, 2008
 
New York Times
June 26, 2008
 
National Review Online
June 23, 2008
 
 
 
New York Sun
August 24, 2004
 
Iraqi Christians Emigrate
Daniel Pipes Blog
June 11, 2004
 
 
 
Nov. 24: Terror Reigns Over Mosul's Christians
BAGHDAD—Today, Dr. John Eibner, Executive Director of Christian Solidarity International – USA, urged U.S. President-elect Barack Obama and the Iraqi Prime Minister, Nuri al-Maliki to prevent the extinction of Iraq’s persecuted Christian community and other powerless minorities, such as the Yezidis, Shabaks and Mandeans.
 
July 4: While U.S. Christians Celebrate Religious Freedom, Iraqi Christians Face Death
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.,—While Independence Day is a celebration for most in the United States, hundreds of thousands of Christians and other non-Muslim minorities in the Middle East continue to suffer from extreme religious persecution.
 
WASHINGTON—U.S. government officials and international human rights leaders will convene in Washington on Friday for the Congressional Caucus on Religious Minorities in the Middle East.
 
Dead Body of Abducted Iraqi Archbishop Found Today
MOSUL, IRAQ—Kidnapped on Feb. 29, a Chaldean Catholic archbishop was found dead today in eastern Mosul...
 
MOSUL, Iraq—A Chaldean Catholic archbishop was kidnapped in eastern Mosul Friday, Feb. 29. This is the latest in a string of attacks on Iraq’s dwindling Christian community. Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho was abducted after celebrating a “Way of the Cross” mass at a local church. His driver and his two body guards were shot and killed. It’s believed they were executed because of their Christian faith...
 
Nine Iraqi Christian Churches and Monasteries Bombed This Week
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.—Religious persecution continues in Iraq as nine Christian houses of worship were bombed this week. The attackers used both car bombs and explosivecharges in an effort to wipe out churches and monasteries in Baghdad, Mosul and Kirkuk. At least six people were wounded...