Christians fleeing violence in Iraq

[st_lucy]

Although Islamic extremists have targeted Iraqi Christians before, bombing churches and threatening religious leaders, the latest attacks have taken on a far more personal tone. Many Christians are being expelled from their homes and forced to leave their possessions behind, police, human rights groups and residents said.

The Christian community here, about 3 percent of the country’s 26 million people, has little political or military clout to defend itself, and some Islamic insurgents call Christians “crusaders” whose real loyalty lies with U.S. troops.

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[Dale_M]

What is happening in Iraq is horrific - it is like the Virginia Tech killings, but day after day, over and over, til the mind goes numb from all the murders.

Members of religious minorities are singled out for daily abuse which doesn’t make the news. We need to be sure to remember them in our prayers, as well as all the people in Iraq.