Reuters: Fifty-Two Killed In Iraq Church Raid
Fifty-two hostages
and police officers were killed when security forces raided a Baghdad
church to free more than 100 Iraqi Catholics held by al Qaeda-linked
gunmen, a deputy interior minister said on Monday.
Lieutenant General Hussein Kamal said 67 people were also wounded in the raid on the church, which was seized by guerrillas during Sunday mass in the bloodiest attack in Iraq since August. The death toll was many times higher than that given overnight in the hours after the raid.
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Lieutenant General Hussein Kamal said 67 people were also wounded in the raid on the church, which was seized by guerrillas during Sunday mass in the bloodiest attack in Iraq since August. The death toll was many times higher than that given overnight in the hours after the raid.
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