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Deadly Attacks Target Iraqi Christians

   VOA News 10 November 2010
   People gather at the scene of a bomb attack in Baghdad, 10 Nov 2010

Photo: AP

   People gather at the scene of a bomb attack in Baghdad, 10 Nov 2010

   Iraqi Christians are coming under fire in a new string of attacks that
   has killed at least three people and wounded at least 26.
   Iraq's Interior Ministry says militants unleashed a series of bomb and
   mortar  attacks  on  several  Christian neighborhoods across Baghdad.Â
   Officials  say most of the attacks took place within a two-hour period
   early Wednesday but that some attacks took place late Tuesday.
   The  attack  comes just 10 days after a brutal militant assault on the
   Our  Lady  of Salvation church in the Iraqi capital lead to the deaths
   of 58 people, including at least one priest.
   An   al-Qaida-linked   group   -  Islamic  State  of  Iraq  -  claimed
   responsibility  for  that incident and has been threatening additional
   attacks against Christians in Iraq.
   More  than  30  survivors  of  the attack on the Our Lady of Salvation
   church have been flown to France for medical treatment.
   French officials say the survivors will be able to seek asylum.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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