Christians Under Attack

    Mosul, Iraq, Feb 24, 2010 / 06:32 pm (CNA).- The persecution of Christians in Iraq escalated on Tuesday, as three relatives of a Syro-Catholic priest were killed in their own home in the city of Mosul.

 Brandishing machetes and guns, the young men pose for the video camera. The three British Muslims filmed themselves as they prepared for a terrorist attack, a court was told yesterday. (Weapons: The trio - including Abbas Iqbal (right) and brother Ilyas - are said to have called themselves 'The Blackburn Resistance')

    This is from a BBC interview with Shaykh al-Qaradawi, which was published on BBC Arabic on 6 Feb, entitled