Abducted archbishop's body is found in Mosul
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Leading the procession down the streets of a village outside Mosul was a church official who held a wooden cross with Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho's picture. (article 3)
Since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, Iraqi Christians have been targeted by Islamic extremists who label them "crusaders" loyal to U.S. troops. (article 3)
Militants have attacked churches, priests and businesses owned by Christians, many of whom have fled the country in a trend mirrored across the Islamic world. (article 3)
Rahho was seized on Feb. 29 in Mosul, a city the U.S. military considers the last urban stronghold of al-Qaida in Iraq. (article 3)
VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI issued one of his strongest appeals for peace in Iraq on Sunday, days after the body of the kidnapped Chaldean Catholic archbishop was found near the northern city of Mosul. (article 4)
BAGHDAD The body of a Chaldean Catholic archbishop who was abducted by gunmen last month was discovered Thursday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, and a car bomb killed 18 people in Baghdad. (article 1)
Surrounded by armed guards, mourners wept and held flowers as the coffin was carried through the village of Kremlis, near Mosul in northern Iraq. (article 2)
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Rahho, Benedict, Mosul, Archbishop, Iraqi |
Source articles
- Abducted archbishop's body is found in Mosul (L.A. Times, 03/14/2008, 564 words)
- Funeral Mass for Iraqi archbishop (BBC News, 03/14/2008, 252 words)
- Iraq: Archbishop Is Mourned (Washington Post, 03/16/2008, 399 words)
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > WORLD (FOX News, 03/16/2008, 539 words)
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