2 More Christians Killed in Baghdad

Mon, Dec. 06 2010
By Nathan Black
Christian Post Reporter

Iraq's Christian minority took another hit Sunday evening when gunmen shot and killed an elderly Christian couple in their home.

The shooting took place in Baladiyat, a predominantly Shiite area in eastern Baghdad, and was the latest in a series of attacks that has left dozens of Christians dead in recent weeks.

Violence perpetrated by Islamic extremists has forced hundreds of thousands of Iraqi Christians to flee the country. Since 2003, the Christian population has shrunk from 1.2 million to 600,000, by some estimates. the rest

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