DAR AL ISLAM-IRAQ: UPDATE ON THE KIDNAPPED CHALDEAN BISHOP OF MOSUL

Muslim leaders also call for the release of the bishop of Mosul

No contacts with Mgr Faraj Rahho’s kidnappers. In Mosul people are still convinced he is alive despite the lack of any evidence. In Kirkuk a representative of al-Sadr’s Shia movement raises a banner that says that “Such actions are bad for Iraq.” The Chaldean community makes a “pained appeal.”

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Kidnappers of Mosul bishop, raise the ransom

Yesterday evening, another telephone call, increasing the ransom and dictating conditions which “complicate the case”. Still no guarantees on the “wellbeing” of the bishop, abducted on February 29th. These latest developments raise fears that these are no ordinary criminals interested solely in money. Iraq’s premier sends a message to the Chaldean Patriarch.

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Pertinent Links:

1) Muslim leaders also call for the release of the bishop of Mosul

2) Kidnappers of Mosul bishop, raise the ransom