Minorities in Iraq
Minorities in Iraq include various ethnic and religious groups.
In total, 40 churches have been bombed since June 26, 2004.
August 10, 2009: Truck bombs kill at least 28 people in the Shabak village of Khazna, in Nineveh governorate
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June 20, 2009: Truck bomb kills at least 70 people in a Turkmen village near Kirkuk
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Catholic Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho was kidnapped on February 23, 2008. Three of his companions were also murdered during the kidnapping. His body was found in March, and an Iraqi Al-Qaeda leader, Ahmed Ali Ahmed, known as Abu Omar, was sentenced to death in May for this crime.[45][46]
Chaldean
January 9, 2008: 2 Assyrian churches bombed in Kirkuk.
January 6, 2008: 7 Assyrian churches bombed: three churches in Mosul and four in Baghdad.
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August 14, 2007: - killed 796 people and wounded 1,562, targeting the Yazidi minority.
Bombing of Qahtaniya and Jazeera
June 4, 2007: 2 churches attacked, Ragheed Ganni, a priest, and three men were shot dead in church.
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October 2006: Orthodox priest, Boulos Iskander, kidnapped in Mosul and subsequently beheaded, and his arms and legs were cut off.[49]
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January 29, 2006: 4 churches bombed.
January 2005: Syriac Catholic Archbishop of Mosul, , kidnapped on January 17 and released.[50]
Basile Georges Casmoussa
December 7, 2004: 2 churches bombed.
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November 8, 2004: 1 church bombed.
October 16, 2004: 5 churches bombed.
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September 10 and 11th, 2004: 2 churches bombed.
August 1, 2004: 5 Assyrian and 1 Armenian churches bombed.
Politics of Iraq
Demographics of Iraq
History of Iraq
Report by Minority Rights Group International
Still Targeted: Continued Persecution of Iraq's Minorities
Iraqi Minorities Council
Report by Minority Rights Group International
Assimilation, Exodus, Eradication: Iraq's minority communities since 2003
Study by Minority Rights Group International