Spoetnik
17-01-05, 21:18
A Catholic archbishop in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul has been kidnapped by insurgents, the Vatican says.
Archbishop Basile Georges Casmoussa, 66, was abducted from outside his church in the east of the city.
The Vatican said in a statement that it deplored "in the firmest way such a terrorist act", and asked that the archbishop be freed immediately.
There have been a number of attacks on Iraq's Christian minority. Two churches were bombed in Mosul in December.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4182629.stm
Archbishop Basile Georges Casmoussa, 66, was abducted from outside his church in the east of the city.
The Vatican said in a statement that it deplored "in the firmest way such a terrorist act", and asked that the archbishop be freed immediately.
There have been a number of attacks on Iraq's Christian minority. Two churches were bombed in Mosul in December.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4182629.stm