Fearful Iraqi Christians face fresh Qaeda threats
BAGHDAD (AFP) – Iraqi Christians on Wednesday faced fresh violent attacks after Al-Qaeda listed them as “legitimate targets,” two days after a church bloodbath and as Baghdad was battered by a wave of bombings. “All Christian centres, organisations and institutions, leaders and followers, are legitimate targets for the mujahedeen (holy warriors) wherever they can reach them,” said a statement by the self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), the local branch of Osama bin Laden's jihadist network. The group had earlier claimed responsibility for a hostage drama by gunmen at a cathedral in the Iraqi capital on Sunday night which ended in the deaths of 46…
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