Christian Students Attacked in Iraq

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Source: The New York Times

ERBIL, Iraq —Some 70 college students, most of them Christians, were wounded Sunday and another Iraqi was killed when a convoy of school buses was attacked in a double bombing on the outskirts of the northern city of Mosul, according to a security official.

“We were going for our education and they presented us with bombs,” said Jamil Salahuddin Jamil, 25, a sophomore geography major, who was on board the lead bus. “I still do not know what they want from Christians.”

The attack was a reminder of the threats in a still-disputed part of the country, claimed by Kurds and Arabs, where a resilient insurgency remains active and where American soldiers still man checkpoints.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/03/world/middleeast/03iraq.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

[NaturalHigh]

1. Terrible, just terrible.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

2. Was it this bad for them under Saddam? I hear it wasn't.. but then you

never know who to believe.

[provis99]

3. they were a protected class under Saddam.

Several of the top Ba'ath party leaders were Christians. Essentially, Iraqi christians today are the victims of genocide, thanks to Bush. This old link below points out that Christians were safer under Hussein.

http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0704487.htm

[David__77]

4. No doubt about it.

Of course, the security situation in general was better then. However, things were certainly better for Christians and other minority religions. They were better for gays too. And women could walk around with hijab in many places, unlike now (other than Kurdistan).

[Xenotime]

7. Thank you for informing us..

[New Dawn]

5. Life was much, much better for Christians during the Ba'athist era.

In fact, there were a number of Christian Arabs in the Iraqi Ba'ath Party. One was internationally famous and influential: Tariq Aziz.

[Blandocyte]

6. They attack them there

so they won't be attacked here?