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| Christmas Day Bombings In Iraq's Capital Kill 37 |
| 2013-12-26 |
| [HOSTED.AP.ORG] Militants in Iraq targeted Christians in three separate Christmas Day bombings in Storied Baghdad ...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate... , killing at least 37 people, officials said Wednesday. In one attack, a boom-mobile went off near a church in the capital's southern Dora neighborhood, killing at least 26 people and wounding 38, a police officer said. Earlier, two bombs destroyed a nearby outdoor market simultaneously in the Christian section of Athorien, killing 11 people and wounding 21, the officer said. The Iraq-based leader of the Chaldean Catholic Church, Louis Sako, said the parked boom-mobile went kaboom!after Christmas Mass and that none of the worshippers were hurt. Sako said he didn't believe the church was the target. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks, but Iraq's dwindling Christian community, which is estimated to number about 400,000 to 600,000 people, often has been targeted by al-Qaeda and other Death Eaters who see the Christians as heretics. |
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| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-12-26 01:23 |