Iraqi Christians

Iraq: Attacks On Christians Spurs Iraq To Beef Up Security

AP | QASSIM ADBUL-ZAHRA | Posted 08.13.2009 | World


BAGHDAD — Iraqi officials tightened security around churches in Baghdad and in two mostly Christian towns on Monday and braced for possible viol...

Iraqi Refugees in the U.S.: Strangers in Paradise

Crossover Dreams | Posted 07.29.2009 | World


Crossover Dreams

Wars often drive people from their homes. But in Iraq, a discretionary war, launched through deception by a rogue administration in search of good targets for "shock and awe", produced refugees with industrial efficiency.

Shameful Plight of the Middle East's Christians

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 06.14.2009 | World


Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

No community today is so targeted by violent thugs for no reason other than sheer bigotry as are the Christians of Iraq.

Christian Iraqi Music Store Owner Shot In Series Of Sunni Attacks On Christians

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics


BAGHDAD — Cars and trucks loaded with suitcases, mattresses and passengers cradling baskets stuffed with clothes lined up at checkpoints Monday ...

3,000 Christians Flee "Killing Campaign" In Mosul, Iraq

AP | BRADLEY S. KLAPPER | Posted 11.11.2008 | Home


BAGHDAD — Hundreds of terrified Christian families have fled Mosul to escape extremist attacks that have increased despite months of U.S. and Ir...

Christians Being Persecuted On A 'Biblical Scale' In Iraq

CBS News | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


From the time of Jesus, there have been Christians in what is now Iraq. The Christian community took root there after the Apostle Thomas headed east. ...

Grief Mars Celebrations For Iraqi Christians

Times Online | Deborah Haynes | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Sorrow haunts the face of the Iraqi mother as she leads her two small sons into a heavily guarded Baghdad church for Christmas Mass. Making the sign o...