On Christmas Eve, the Rev. Thaer al-Sheik offered communion to a dwindling congregation at Sacred Heart Church in Baghdad. Jehad Nga for The New York Times1960 Christians Killed In Iraq Since 2003 – Survey -- Aswat al-Iraq
SULAIMANIYA / Aswat al-Iraq: Around 1,960 Christians were killed by gunmen in Iraq since March 2003, head of the Chaldean Cultural Association for Peace in Iraq said on Saturday.
“Christians in Iraq are going through miserable conditions,” Hawal Ziqiya Masho told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
According to the association’s survey, property of at least 500,000 Christians were taken away and 200,000 Christians were forced to pay extortion money, while dozens others were kidnapped then released for ransom.
“Before 2003, there were around 2.1 million Christians in Iraq, but now there are not more than 500,000 of them,” Masho said.
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My Comment: Just some news that was ignored by the Western media this Christmas.
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