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Barrett808 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-29-08 11:33 AM
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Gunmen kidnap Iraqi Chaldean Catholic archbishop
Source: Reuters

MOSUL, Iraq, Feb 29 (Reuters) - Gunmen kidnapped the Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Mosul on Friday from the northern Iraqi city and killed his driver and two companions, police said.

"He was kidnapped in the al-Nour district in eastern Mosul when he left a church. Gunmen opened fire on the car, killed the other three and kidnapped the archbishop," a Mosul police official said.







Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L29806387.htm
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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-29-08 01:55 PM
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1. k & r ... this is a big deal
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CBHagman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-29-08 02:32 PM
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2. Here's the link to the Reuters report.
It also contains the name of the archbishop, which was missing from the other news story.

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL2980638720080229?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews
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