Iraq Christians Flee Bombs and Head to Syria
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JARAMANA, Syria  - Attacks on purveyors of alcohol  and music had already rattled Iraq's tiny Christian community,  but last month's bombing of churches shattered the hope some  still had of staying to help rebuild their country.
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VATICAN CITY, DEC. 8, 2004 .- John Paul II expressed his closeness to Iraqi Catholics shaken by two new terrorist attacks which destroyed an Armenian-Catholic church and the Chaldean bishop&#39;s palace in Mosul.
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MOSUL, Iraq -- Gunmen bombed two churches in this tense city yesterday, fueling fears of ethnic and sectarian unrest ahead of an election next month.
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KERBALA, Iraq  - Police ordered hundreds of thousands of pilgrims to leave the Iraqi city of Kerbala on Tuesday after fierce gunbattles erupted between security forces and gunmen near two of Shi'ite Islam's holiest shrines.
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Five Christian churches in Baghdad were firebombed early Saturday morning in coordinated attacks, the latest effort by insurgents to terrorize the relatively small community of Christians in Iraq.
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KERBALA, Iraq  - Thousands of Shi'ite pilgrims defied bombers and gunmen to flock to the holy city of Kerbala on Wednesday, the day after scores were killed in a string of attacks.
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Predawn explosions yesterday ripped through five empty Christian churches in the Iraqi capital, which by nightfall also was the scene of the crashes of two US helicopters, which killed two soldiers and wounded two others.
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One major concern is that more heated religious rhetoric is encouraging young men to leave home to fight in Iraq.
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BAGHDAD -- Tens of thousands of Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims headed to a shrine city south of the capital yesterday amid heavy security as the daily toll of casualties mounted in a sectarian war without respite.
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Dozens of Syrian military vehicles carrying hundreds of troops crossed back into Syria from Lebanon Thursday as part of a redeployment plan.
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KERBALA, Iraq  - Police ordered hundreds of thousands of pilgrims to leave the Iraqi city of Kerbala on Tuesday after fierce clashes between security forces and gunmen killed 52 people during a major Shi'ite religious festival.
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Iraq's prime minister pledged Saturday to protect and support the Christian minority that has been fleeing the chaos and sectarian violence in the country.
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67 people are dead after separate suicide car bombings in the cities of Najaf and Karbala. Analysts say the bombers could be attempting to spark a civil war between Shiite and Sunni Muslims, since a large majority of Shiites populate the two holy cities.
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Pope John Paul II led prayers for peace and a more tranquil future, pilgrims flocked to Bethlehem and Iraqis stayed away from church for fear of bomb attacks as Christians around the world celebrated Christmas over the weekend.
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KERBALA, Iraq  - Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims fled Iraq's holy city of Kerbala on Wednesday after a day of fierce gunbattles near two of Shi'ite Islam's holiest shrines killed 52 people during an annual religious rite.
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CHRISTIANS in Indonesia, which has the world&#39;s largest Muslim population, flocked to churches today to celebrate Christmas under tight security following warnings of possible terrorist attacks.