Blasts Shake 2 Northern Iraqi Churches By VOA News

Voice of America
Dec 7 2004

Authorities in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul say two Christian
churches have been the target of nearly simultaneous bomb attacks.

Witnesses say gunmen stormed the Armenian and Chaldean churches
Tuesday, planting explosives that detonated, setting the buildings
on fire. No casualties have been confirmed.

Iraq’s minority Christian community has been the target of attacks
before, most recently last month when three people were killed in a
bomb attack on a Baghdad church.

Meanwhile, interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said in published
interviews that elections set for January 30 could be staged over a
two or three week period to help ensure adequate security and give
all Iraqis the chance to vote.