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Blasts hit churches across Iraq, killing 11, wounding at least 50
By Omar Sinan, Associated Press, 8/1/2004 22:44


BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) Assailants triggered a coordinated series of explosions outside five churches in Baghdad and Mosul during Sunday evening services, killing 11 people and wounding more than 50 in the first major assault on Iraq's Christian minority since the 15-month-old insurgency began.
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Bomb blasts rock Iraqi churches
Bombs have gone off near four churches in the Iraqi capital and one in the northern city of Mosul, police say.
At least 11 people are reported killed and dozens of others injured in what seems to be a new tactic by insurgents.

The first blast occurred outside an Armenian church in Baghdad, and three other churches were hit soon after in what looks like an orchestrated attack.
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The Vatican has condemned the attacks.

"It is terrible and worrying because it is the first time that Christian churches are being targeted in Iraq," said Vatican deputy spokesman Father Ciro Benedettini.
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Papst bestürzt über Attacken auf christliche Kirchen im Irak

"Die schmerzhafte Nachricht der tragischen Angriffe, die gestern in Bagdad und Mossul auf mehrere katholische Gemeinschaften, die zum Gebet in ihren Gotteshäusern versammelt waren, verübt wurden, hat mich zutiefst getroffen."
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