Hundreds Of Iraqi Christians Flee Mosul; Reporter Assassinated

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Sun, 12 Oct 2008 08:23:36 +0000
AHN Staff

Baghdad, Iraq (AHN) - A Kurdish journalist was shot dead in the northern city of Kirkuk in Iraq, pushing up the number of reporters to 136 who were assassinated since the US-led invasion of a Iraq five years ago.

Police said Diyar Abbas Ahmed, 28, a reporter with Iraq Eye media, was killed on Friday in the city center.

In addition, hundreds of Iraqi Christian families have fled Mosul over the last one week amid rising violence against the community by the extremists in the country, the local officials said on Sunday.

The officials added that in the past there have been a series of killings and threats by Muslim extremists, forcing them to convert to Islam or face death.

According to local reports around 13 Iraqi Christians have been slain over the past two weeks in the region, which is located 260 miles north of the capital city of Baghdad.

The rise in attacks against the community has prompted several Christian families to take refuge in outlying villages and monasteries.

The incidents occurred when the U.S. military personnel have carried out several raids and operations in northern Mosul, which is Iraq's third-largest city, to comb out suspected terrorists.

Similar operations were carried out in the cities like Baghdad and Basra, where the situation has improved, but Moss will still remains vulnerable to the attacks by the Muslim extremists.

According to local officials and church leaders, a Iraq had around 800,000 Christians in 2003, a year when the US coalition invaded the country.