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	<title>Religion News Blog &#187; Iraq</title>
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		<title>&#8216;In 20 years, there will be no more Christians in Iraq&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Oct 2006 04:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three years after the invasion of Iraq, it is believed that half the Christians in the country have fled, driven out by bomb attacks, assassinations and death threats. So why haven't the coalition forces done more to protect them?]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq torture &#8216;worse after Saddam&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2006 08:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Torture may be worse now in Iraq than under former leader Saddam Hussein, the UN's chief anti-torture expert says.
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		<title>Report attacks &#8216;myth&#8217; of foreign fighters</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US and the Iraqi government have overstated the number of foreign fighters in Iraq, &#8220;feeding the myth&#8221; that they are the backbone of the insurgency, an American thinktank says in a new report.
Foreign militants - mainly from Algeria, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia - account for less than 10% of the estimated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq&#8217;s Christians weigh taking up arms, fleeing into exile</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/9699/iraqs-christians-weigh-taking-up-arms-fleeing-into-exile</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2004 17:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD, Iraq - Leaders of the ever-dwindling Christian population in Iraq say bombings of their churches and attacks against their communities may force them to take up guns.
Two more churches were bombed in Mosul last week, the latest attacks, and some Christians say extremist Muslims are terrorizing them with the intent of ousting them and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five churches bombed in Baghdad</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/9009/five-churches-bombed-in-baghdad</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2004 19:09:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD, Iraq &#8212; Bombs exploded at five churches across Baghdad early Saturday, but no casualties were reported, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said.
The explosions rang out in quick succession over an hour and half starting at 4:00 a.m. at St. Joseph Church in the Nafaq Al-Shurta area, said ministry spokesman Col. Adnan Abdul-Rahman.
The other churches hit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq Sees Christian Exodus</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/8848/iraq-sees-christian-exodus</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2004 18:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moderate Minority&#8217;s Fearful Flight Augurs More-Extremist Politics

BAGHDAD, Iraq &#8212; For decades, Iraqi Christian Salim Hasan Michael outran his country&#8217;s tortured and bloody history, raising three children and enjoying mild prosperity as a television-news producer.
Today, he fears history is beginning to catch up to him. When a massive  car bomb outside a nearby police station [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Matters of Emphasis</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/3181/matters-of-emphasis</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2003 11:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York Times, Apr. 29, 2003 (Opinion)
http://www.nytimes.com/
By PAUL KRUGMAN
&#8220;We were not lying,&#8221; a Bush administration official told ABC News. &#8220;But it was just a matter of emphasis.&#8221; The official was referring to the way the administration hyped the threat that Saddam Hussein posed to the United States. According to the ABC report, the real reason [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraqi Christians wary of Islamists</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2003 03:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christians worry they will lose religious freedoms if Islamic fundamentalists gain power post-Hussein.
Christian Science Monitor, Apr. 21, 2003
http://www.csmonitor.com/
By Peter Ford, The Christian Science Monitor
BAGHDAD, IRAQ – Iraqi Christians, feeling vulnerable in the wave of lawlessness that has swept this city, celebrated Easter yesterday with a special sense of joy and gratitude that the war, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2 Christian Groups&#8217; Aid Effort Questioned</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/2862/2-christian-groups-aid-effort-questioned</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2003 19:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington Post: Two major evangelical Christian groups said yesterday that they have amassed supplies in Jordan and are preparing to send relief workers into Iraq as soon as the military situation permits.
The Southern Baptist Convention, the nation&#8217;s largest Protestant denomination, and Samaritan&#8217;s Purse, run by the Rev. Franklin Graham, said they are ready to provide [...]]]></description>
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