Christian families flee northern Iraq city

The map will replace this text. If any users do not have Flash Player 8 (or above), they'll see this message. Nearly 1 000 Christian families have fled their homes in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul following the worst wave of violence against them in five years, provincial Governor Duraid Kashmula said on Saturday. The Christians had taken shelter over the past 24 hours in schools and churches in the northern and eastern fringes of Nineveh province after attacks that have killed at least 11 Christians since September 28, Kashmula said. At least three homes of Christians were blown up by unidentified attackers in the Sukkar district of Mosul, regarded by United States and Iraqi security forces of one of the last urban bastions of the al-Qaeda in Iraq. "The [violence] is the fiercest campaign against the Christians since... [read full story]