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    IRAQI ARMENIANS KILLED, WOUNDED IN ATTACKS
    by Emil Sanamyan

    Armenian Reporter
    www.texansforpeace.org
    Oct 21, 2008
    Armenia

    Washington - An ethnic Armenian music-store owner, Farques Batool,
    was killed, and his nephew was wounded in attacks in Iraq's northern
    city of Mosul on October 13, news agencies reported. The attacks were
    apparently religiously motivated.

    Since the surge in violence, ethnic Armenians and other Christians
    who had remained in Mosul, one of Iraq's largest cities, more than
    4,000 people in all, have fled, most for the relative safety of
    Iraqi Kurdistan.

    In all, at least ten people have been killed in fresh attacks blamed
    on Sunni radicals linked with Al-Qaeda in Iraq. The Associated Press
    linked the attacks to calls by Iraqi Christians for restoration of
    Saddam Hussein-era quotas that would give them seats in provincial
    councils. The Shiite-dominated Iraqi government sent police
    reinforcements to try to stabilize the situation in Mosul.

    "Thousands of people fled virtually overnight, many with only
    the clothes on their back," said Jamil Abdul-Ahad, the head of an
    interfaith Christian council in Mosul that has been distributing aid
    to the displaced, The AP reported.

    "Our situation needs active work, not just media propaganda from
    government officials," Mr. Abdul-Ahad said. "The government should
    protect Christians in Mosul and safeguard their rights."

    Sunni extremists have regularly targeted Iraqi Christians since the
    U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq in 2003. In addition to Armenians,
    Iraqi Christians include Syrian Orthodox and Catholics.
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