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Christians Suffer from "Ethnic Cleansing"
in Iraq

by Tom McGregor Wed,
Jan 13, 2010

Baghdad Christians.jpgIn front of his house, a 75-year-old greengrocer was shot dead, while the abduction of a Christian female student remains shrouded in mystery. An eruption of violence, which includes attacks against churches, abductions and the targeted killings of Christians, is attempting to force them into a mass exodus. Asia News reports that, "Mosul's Christian community has been the victim of another targeted killing - Hikmat Sleiman, a 75-year-old greengrocer - was killed yesterday. His death follows a wave of violence against Iraqi Christians that included a number of attcks over the past few weeks against churches and convents as well as abductions and execution-style murders.

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Local bishops have slammed the trend, calling it a plan of 'ethnic cleansing' at Christian's expense." Sources in Mosul informed Asia News that the store owner "was assasinated in front of his house." Hikmat Sleiman, 75, had been the owner of a small greengrocery nearby the Dominican convent in the Sa'a neighborhood, claimed the soruce who wishes to remain anonymous for security reasons. He added, "after closing his store, he went home. A group of criminals was waiting for him and opened fire." The victim died on the spot.

According to Asia News, "yesterday's murder is further evidence that Iraqi Christians are the victims of a plan of "ethnic Cleansing" designed to force them to leave the country. The central government and the local governatorate are powerless against such attacks as the various ethnic groups, Arab, Kurdish, Turkmen, as well as extremist cells, blame each other." The Church of Saint George of the Chaldeans and the Syro-Orthodox Church of Saint Thomas were struck in separate attacks on December 23 last year. In the first attack, three people were killed. A man was killed on Christmas Eve in front of his house. Meanwhile, on Dec. 31, a Muslim=extremist group abducted a Christian female student whose ultimate fate has yet to be determined. On Jan. 2, a local Christian man was also abducted. 

 

 

 

 



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