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- From: Americanjihad <weinert.george@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 11:53:12 -0700 (PDT)
Priest Killed in Baghdad Drive-By Shooting
Saturday, April 05, 2008
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April 5: Family members of the priest Youssef Adel mourn in his house
in central Baghdad.
BAGHDAD -- An Assyrian Orthodox priest was killed in a drive-by
shooting Saturday in Baghdad, police and an assistant said, the latest
attack against Iraq's Christian minority.
The priest, Youssef Adel, was shot by gunmen who drove up in a car and
opened fire as he was opening the gate of his house near the St. Peter
and Paul church where he presided, an assistant said.
Christians have frequently been caught up in the violence or been
targeted in this predominantly Muslim country.
The body of Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho, one of Iraq's most senior
Chaldean Catholic clerics, was found on March 13, about two weeks
after he was seized by gunmen in the volatile northwestern city of
Mosul.
Adel's assistant, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of
security concerns, said the attack occurred about 11:30 a.m. and the
gunmen fled the area in a car after the shooting.
He said the priest was in his early 40s and was married but had no
children.
Adel was an engineer but became a priest about six years ago. He
previously served in a church in the predominantly Sunni area of Dora
in southern Baghdad but moved to the central primarily Shiite district
of Karradah after a series of attacks in the former insurgent
stronghold.
The assistant said Adel was a compassionate man who preached about
love and peace and was heavily involved in helping orphans and widows
in his church.
"We are paying the price of the insecurity hitting this country," he
said.
Elsewhere in Baghdad, a bomb exploded on a minibus carrying morning
commuters on the busy Palestine Street, killing at least four
passengers and wounding 15, police said.
The victims were primarily workers and vendors from the Sadr City
district who were on their way to commercial areas elsewhere in the
capital.
The killings underscored the dangers that continue to face Iraqis in
Baghdad and elsewhere as attacks persist despite a sharp decline in
violence over recent months amid a U.S.-Iraqi security crackdown.
The Iraqi government, meanwhile, eased security measures in two
Baghdad neighborhoods that are strongholds of Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi
Army militia -- Sadr City and Shula -- amid complaints of food shortages
nearly a week after the radical Shiite cleric issued a cease-fire
order.
Trucks carrying maintenance teams, food, oil products and ambulances
are now allowed to get into the areas, according to a statement issued
by Brig. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi, Baghdad's chief Iraqi military
spokesman.
The areas -- including Sadr City, which is home to some 2.5 million
Shiites and the militia's largest base -- have suffered as a vehicle
ban remained effect despite the lifting of a curfew elsewhere in the
capital earlier this week.
Despite an order by al-Sadr to end to large-scale fighting that broke
out over a government crackdown in the southern city of Basra, clashes
have continued between his fighters and Iraqi security forces.
Sporadic gunfire was heard in Basra, although it was relatively calm
as aid workers delivered humanitarian assistance to the beleaguered
residents.
Associated Press Television News footage showed neighbors in the
Hayaniyah area examining the rubble of a house they said was destroyed
in an airstrike Friday evening in the militia stronghold.
Police said five people were killed in the strike, acknowledging they
included an unspecified number of militants who had fired a mortar at
Iraqi security forces.
British military spokesman Maj. Tom Holloway said an attack helicopter
hit a position from which militants were firing at Iraqi forces in
Hayaniyah, but he gave no information about casualties and did not
specify whether the aircraft was U.S. or British.
A series of airstrikes have struck suspected militant positions since
the fighting erupted on March 25, drawing American and British forces
into the battle and casting further doubt on the ability of Iraqi
forces to take over their own security.
The White House has conditioned further U.S. troop withdrawals on the
readiness of the Iraqi military and police.
Al-Maliki had suggested he planned similar crackdowns in Sadr City and
Shula earlier this week, but instead he ordered a nationwide freeze on
Iraqi raids against Shiite militants on Friday.
The reversal came after al-Sadr hinted at retaliation if Iraqi
security forces continue to arrest his followers.
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