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October 13, 2008

3,000 Iraqi Christians Flee Violence in Mosul
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In Iraq, some 3,000 Christians have fled the city of Mosul over the past
week after Christians became the target of a campaign of killings and
kidnappings. Over the past month, police reported finding the
bullet-riddled bodies of seven Christians. On Sunday, a Christian music
store owner was shot dead in his store. The Iraqi government has ordered
nearly 1,000 Iraqi police to patrol Mosul, where Christians have lived
for the past 1,800 years.



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