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Monday, August 02, 2004
IN THE WAKE OF THE DESPICABLE ATTACKS on Christian churches in Iraq yesterday, the BBC has a survey article on "Iraqi Christians' long history." Most Iraqi Christians have Aramaic or Syriac as their liturgical language, although one of the attacks was also on an Armenian church. Terrorism against local Christians has been an increasing concern in Iraq and these latest attacks show once again the utter barbarism of the insurgents.
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