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27 August, 2004
27 August 2004
Some of the thousands of Iraqi Christians who fled the country in fear of radical Muslims are returning to the northern, Kurdish-controlled parts of the country, reports Uwe Siemon-Netto of United Press International. Iraq's Ambassador-designate to the Vatican, Albert Yelda, pled for Christians to return, arguing that "'This was the work of foreign terrorists. Iraq's Muslim leaders do not want us to leave. Christians enjoy their highest respect.'"

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