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Kyrie Eleison & Vjecnaja Pamjat -- M Orthodox Priest Beheaded In Iraq POSTED: 1:40 pm CDT October 12, 2006 MOSUL, Iraq -- Relatives of a beheaded Iraqi priest said his captors had demanded a church apology for recent papal comments about Islam. They said the Orthodox priest was abducted Sunday by an unidentified group, which demanded a ransom. The kidnappers also wanted the priest's church to condemn controversial recent remarks by Pope Benedict. In a speech last month, the pope quoted a medieval text describing Islam as a religion spread by the sword. The relatives said the priest's church had already posted signs condemning the pope's statement. A similar message was posted again after the abduction. The priest's son had apparently been talking with the kidnappers by phone, and had agreed to pay a $40,000 ransom. But contact abruptly ceased Tuesday night. The priest's decapitated body was found Wednesday in the northern Iraq city of Mosul. Since the start of the Muslim holy month, U.S. officials in Baghdad said the number of attacks there is up by 15 percent. Maj. Gen. William Caldwell said Ramadan "historically" brings more violence. And Caldwell warned that the military is assuming "it will still get worse before it gets better." He's anticipating a continued increase in violence over the next two weeks, until the holy month ends. That's reflected in Thursday's tally, which has at least 33 dead in various attacks across Iraq. About a third of the deaths came at a new Sunni-Arab TV station in the capital, which was stormed by gunmen. Also, the bodies of more torture victims are turning up. The Iraqi Health Ministry reported nearly 2,700 civilians were killed last month in Baghdad alone. And that's despite coalition efforts to put down the violence there. http://www.nbc5i.com/news/10061625/detail.html [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] =============== Group Moderator: [EMAIL PROTECTED] page at http://magazine.sorabia.net for more informations about current situation in Serbia http://www.sorabia.net Slusajte GLAS SORABIJE nas talk internet-radio (Serbian Only) http://radio.sorabia.net Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sorabia/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sorabia/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
