Killing of two Christian sisters renews panic in Mosul
by John Pontifex, Aid to the Church in Need
Posted: Wednesday, November 12, 2008, 15:12 (GMT)
As soon as attacks were slowly dying down, more violence irrupted in Mosul towards Lraqi Christians. The Iraqi Christians were slowly moving back home.
Two sisters Lamyaa Sabih and Walaa Sabih were attacked and stabbed to death in their own home. Their mother was also stabbed; she lived with them but remains in critical condition.
After police arrived to the scene a security car was blown up. Adding to the deaths of three policemen and the house was severely damaged.
The sisters in their 40’s were known to be “Devout Christians” and worked since the 80’s for a “local provincial council.
The Aid to the Church, (CAN) is a charity for Christians suffering from these attacks and now says the fear has been heightened again. The Christians are in doubt of the role of the government to protect them. They want more police and security.
After the government started reassuring of more security more than 500 families have started returning home. Fr Bashar Warda, speaking in an interview with the CAN said this attack scares the Christians that more trouble will start again. The Iraqi Christians feel the government is not doing its part as it promised. One Catholic leader says the government is trying to convince the outside world it is doing all it can but these problems are still happening. They want help from the West.
Another setback for the Christians is that they were only allowed three seats on the parliament. This is ten less “than proposed in Article 50, which was dropped” from a bill in September.
It does not appear that the government is not stepping up and that there may be corruption involved.
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/killing.of.two.christian.sisters.renews.panic.in.mosul/21878.htm