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October 27 An Assyrian Christian Woman, around 35-40 years-old, was killed this morning in the Iqtisadiyin Neighborhood of Mosul, which lies on the right bank of the Tigris River. The reason for her killing was that she did not wear a Hijab during the month of Ramadan. The Assyrian woman …

Britain’s Prince Charles (C) is presented a Bible by Syriac orthodox archbishops Saliba Ozmen (2nd R) and Samuel Aktas (L) at Darulzafaran Monastery in the southeastern Turkish city of Mardin, near the Syrian border, October 26, 2004. The Prince of Wales visited churches, mosques and Syriac monasteries in Mardin in …

Stephen Pound MP and other speakers at the meeting, jointly organised by the Assyrian Democratic Movement (UK branch) and Jubilee Campaign, stressed that the British Government should support the creation of an Administrative Region in the ChaldoAssyrian heartland in the Nineveh Plains. The escalating attacks perpetrated against the ChaldoAssyrians by …

In an article published Thursday in the online edition of the right-wing National Review, an influential neo-conservative activist appealed to the Bush administration to create a “safe haven” within Iraq specifically for Iraq‘s estimated 800,000 Christians, or “Chaldo-Assyrians”, 40,000 of who are believed to have left the country since the …

”If they don’t want us in Iraq, let them say it and we will leave,” said Samir Hermiz, 40, standing next to a church that was reduced to ashes. ”I’m really thinking of leaving Iraq.” The series of explosions which began at 4 a.m. o630 hrs ist caused no casualties …

The pre-dawn blasts hit churches across the capital over the course of an hour but there are no reports of casualties. A mortar round also exploded at one of Baghdad’s hospitals, killing one. Explosions have been heard in the rebel-held western city of Falluja where US planes and ground forces …

“I still don’t know who they were,” says Mr. Isa, the vice president of Baghdad’s Al-Nahrain University. “But I took that message to be directed to Iraq’s educated people, its professors, business leaders, even the people working hard in our ministries. They want us to leave.” With stories like Isa’s …

Monday, Sep. 20, 2004When Keis Isitfan headed home from work one recent night, he had reason to watch his back. As a laundry worker for the U.S. embassy inside Baghdad’s green zone, he risked being attacked by insurgents targeting Iraqis who work for the U.S. But there was another source …

   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 …

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.