By Sgt. Neil W. McCabe
Msgr. Imad Al Banna, the vicar of Iraq’s Chaldean Catholic patriarch in Basra, rings the Liberty Bell presented to him Nov. 7 at Camp Adder, Iraq by the commander of the Pennsylvania National Guard’s Combat Aviation Brigade. Earlier, the prelate celebrated a Mass dedicated to serving and fallen American soldiers. Pilot photo/ Sgt.

  Ethnic tensions and a dispute over control of oil fuel the violence in Kirkuk
A conference is being held in Iraq examining how NI peace principles might be applied to the city of Kirkuk.Kirkuk is the centre of the northern Iraqi oil fields and is an ethnically mixed city populated by Kurds, Assyrians, Turkmen and Arabs.

by Kelley B. Vlahos, November
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How easy it is to declare Iraq “turned around” while an ancient people face the swirling desert sands of their own extinction.
While it might sound a bit hyperbolic, there is no denying that the Christian minority

by Kelley B. Vlahos,
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How easy it is to declare Iraq “turned around” while an ancient people face the swirling desert sands of their own extinction.

Photo: Afif Sarhan/IRIN
An estimated 800,000 Christians are left in Iraq (file photo)
BAGHDAD, 15 November 2009 (IRIN) - Iraq’s minority communities in the northern province of Nineveh have appealed to local and national authorities for protection amid warnings of an increase in attacks against them in the run-up to January’s national elections.

The need for freedom is strong in every man, woman and child. Moreover, it is most strong in people who have none.

Paul Batou, author of My Last Thoughts About Iraq, from Xilbris Corporation (www.paulbatou.com) knows this longing for freedom and has expressed it through his

By Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — More than 20 months after the body of kidnapped Chaldean Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho of Mosul, Iraq, was recovered, Pope Benedict XVI approved the election of a new archbishop for the city.

Vatican City, Nov 13, 2009 / 01:44 pm (CNA).- Catholics in the war-torn Archdiocese of Mosul, Iraq received good news on Friday when Pope Benedict approved Fr. Emil Shimoun Nona as the new Archbishop of Mosul. The archbishop-elect will replace Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho, who was kidnapped by militants last February and found dead two weeks later.

Nearly 32,000 Iraqi refugees have come to the United States over the past three years to escape violence and political uncertainty. But as Jeffrey Kaye reports, more refugees are learning that personal safety often comes at the cost of economic security
JIM LEHRER: Now: the growing numbers of Iraqi refugees arriving in the United States. Special correspondent Jeffrey Kaye reports from California.

By SAM DAGHER
ERBIL, Iraq — The policies and tactics of Kurdish authorities could expose minority groups in northern Iraq to “another full-blown human rights catastrophe” unless the minorities receive better protection, according to a report released Tuesday by Human Rights Watch.

Source: Human Rights Watch (HRW)
A longstanding territorial conflict in northern Iraq between the Arab-dominated central government in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government, mostly invisible to the outside world, threatens to erupt again. It risks creating another full-blown human rights catastrophe for the small minority communities who have lived

By REBECCA SANTANA
Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD (AP) - The ongoing dispute between Iraq’s central government in Baghdad and the Kurdish authorities in the country’s north threatens to create a “human rights

By Nishant Dahiya

Iraq’s minorities — including Yazidis, Shabaks, Turkoman and Assyrian Christians — face a “full-blown human rights catastrophe” as the long-festering territorial dispute between the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the central government in Baghdad “threatens to erupt again,” Human Rights Watch reports.

Yazidis, Shabaks, and Christians Caught in Kurdish-Arab Contest for Control
(Erbil) - Iraq’s central government and the Kurdistan Regional Government should protect besieged minorities in the disputed territories of Nineveh province, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Human Rights Watch documented

Iraq’s Christians have been targeted for kidnapping and forced to flee their homes. One advocate says that in a generation, Christians could be gone from the land they’ve lived in for 2,000 years.
By Alice Fordham / Contributor

Arbil, Iraq - At the height of Iraq’s sectarian war, Hana Hormoz’s Baghdad

by Sujay Dutt from Stockholm
Back in March, twelve of the 16 Allsvenskan coaches predicted that IF Elfsborg would lift the trophy in November. However, it was AIK Solna who showed the most consistency, taking their first league title since 1998 after a race to the wire with IFK Göteborg. The cities of Stockholm and Gothenburg also saw drama at the opposite end

Mosul-Ankawa.com
Iraqi army forces annulled the effect of four explosive devices placed near the church of St. Paul, in Al-Thakafa district in the city of Mosul, on Sunday, the 8th of Nov. 2009. An Iraqi army source told the reporter of Ankawa.com that a military engineering team was able to invalidate the four explosive bombs after surrounding

By: Babu Thomas
A Christian priest’s documentary film was selected for the 7th Queens International Film Festival to be held this week in New York.

The event from Nov. 12 - 15 will feature Fr Joseph J. Palackal’s 34 min film: “Kerala the Cradle of Christianity in South Asia: The Cultural Interface of Music and Religion.”

Eleven-time Allsvenskan champions Djurgarden avoided relegation to the Swedish second tier on Sunday by overturning a two-goal deficit against Assyriska Foren in their play-off second leg.

Assyriska won the home leg 2-0 and preserved that advantage until the 52nd minute

Christmas Charity Sale in Aid of ICIN (Iraqi Christians In Need)
Sunday 8th November 2009
Time: 9:00am - 5:00 pm
The Sacred Heart Catholic Church Hall,
Edge Hill, Wimbledon, SW19 4LU