A side view from the Tigris Mosul. Bycourtesy of Wikipedia . From Asianews , September 7, 2009
Mosul still kidnappings and murders of Christians, to force in the Nineveh Plains
killed a 60 years, for whose release the kidnappers had demanded a sum of money very high . Kidnapped another faithful of Mosul; remains shrouded in mystery, the fate of the doctor who was kidnapped in Kirkuk, AsiaNews sources: Violence hide a political project, drive out the Christians from the city and push them in the plain of Nineveh.
Mosul ( AsiaNews) - New episodes of violence against the Christian community in Mosul, the victim of a "campaign of intimidation" hiding "a political target: the creation of the plain of Nineveh." A trader of 60 years, Salem Barjjo kidnapped in early August, was killed by his captors, in Mosul, last week, was abducted Hikmat Sayid and not yet anything about the fate of Samir Jarjis, the Christian doctor arrested Kirkuk, for whose release Muslim and Christian leaders have called in recent days.
On 3 September - although the news has just yesterday - was found the corpse of Salem Barjjo, a Christian businessman kidnapped in Mosul in early August, closely tied to the local church. For his release, the criminals had demanded a ransom, which the family was not able to pay.
Last week in Mosul, 370 km north of Baghdad, a gang of criminals kidnapped Hikmat Sayid, a Christian. Again, the kidnappers demanded a very high amount of money that the family will hardly be able to pay. In Kirkuk fate remains shrouded in mystery by Samir Jarjis, a Christian physician, well known in the city, seized on August 18 last year and still in the hands of the kidnappers. Muslim leaders for his release - Shiites and Sunnis - and Christians have launched an appeal during the cena in arcivescovado a Kirkuk, il 29 agosto scorso, promossa da mons. Louis Sako per festeggiare l'inizio del Ramadan, il mese sacro per i musulmani.
Fonti di AsiaNews a Mosul denunciano un clima di “paura, solitudine e preoccupazione” che domina nella minoranza cristiana. Torna a crescere il pericolo di “una fuga di massa” della comunità cristiana, soprattutto se la situazione “non migliorerà in vista dell’apertura delle scuole”. Secondo la fonte di AsiaNews questa nuova campagna intimidatoria contro la comunità cristiana “nasconde risvolti di carattere politico: si vuole creare un clima di violenze in vista della tornata elettorale del gennaio 2010. Il progetto è creare un’enclave in the plain of Nineveh and force - even by force, with strokes of bombings and targeted killings - the Christians in a forced relocation. "
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