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Nisan Shmoel of the Assyrian Patriotic Party Assassinated

   Mr. Shmoel was rushed to a local hospital where he was treated. Mr. Shmoel was then released from the hospital on that same day, only to accost his killers again awaiting his release.  Mr. Shmoel was targeted with a car not carrying plate numbers, used to drive him to …

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Assyrian Brothers Killed in Mosul

According to eyewitnesses a car carrying a group of armed terrorists began firing at Khalid and Hani Boulos, killing them instantly. Both brothers were employed by a foreign company in Mosul. Attacks on Assyrian Christians in Iraq have intensified since the bombing of the five churches on 1 August.

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Assyrian Girls Killed in Bartella

Tara Majeed Betros Al-Hadaya, Taghrid Abdul-Massih Ishaq Betros and her sister Hala Abdul-Massih Ishaq Betros, were were returning to their homes in Bartilla, from a hospital in Mosul where they worked, when their car was attacked by a group of terrorists who opened heavy fire. The attack took place in …

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4000 Families: Why Iraqi Christians are Moving to Syria

The interim constitution states that “Islam is the official religion of the State and is to be considered a source of legislation” and while recognizing religious freedom “respects the Islamic identity of the majority of the Iraqi people.” For some, Islamic identity means the imposition of Muslim morality. In Sadr …

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Massacre in Baghdad: Children 6 and 16 Killed at Home!

The family who are well known Assyrian Christians had been threatened. While the family was out terrorists entered and shot the two Children at point blank range. `We are doing our best to get out to the world the simple message that the Assyrian Christians who are the indigenous people …

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Churches Bombed in Iraq

  According to Reuters, the first blast occurred outside an Armenian church in the Karrada district of Baghdad. The second blast happened about 15 minutes later outside an Assyrian church in the same area. “We were in the Mass and suddenly we heard a big boom, and I couldn’t feel …

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Massacre in Baghdad

The family who are well known Assyrian Christians had been threatened. While the family was out terrorists entered and shot the two Children at point blank range. `We are doing our best to get out to the world the simple message that the Assyrian Christians who are the indigenous people …

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