Hi Billy, Very sad. That said, I saw a couple surprising things that I found encouraging:
On Nov 2, 2010, at 10:36 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Younadem Kana, a Christian member of the Iraqi parliament, condemned the > rescue operation as "hasty" and "not professional." > There's Christians in the parliament?!? That's gotta be unique in the Middle East. > Iraqi special forces stormed the church "to prevent the further loss of > innocent lives," said Lt. Col. Terry L. Conder, a spokesman for U.S. special > forces. He said the Iraqi commando teams rescued 70 hostages. > > Authorities worked through the night to remove the bodies. All that was left > of the Jeep outside was a pile of mangled metal. > > The 58 people who died included 12 policemen and five bystanders from the car > bombing and other blasts outside the church. Forty-one Christians inside the > church also died, including two priests. > > 12 Iraqi policeman gave their lives to save 70 Christians. That says something positive about Iraq, despite the horrific violence. -- Ernie P. -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
