"By killing him him, they wanted to hit his commitment to dialogue, tolerance and reconciliation, which are the values Iraq so badly needs today. The tactics is splitting the Iraqi population". The Chaldeian Procurator to the Holy See, father Philip Najim, thus recalls the Syro-Orthodox priest, Youssef Adel, who was killed on April 5th in Baghdad and whose funeral was celebrated yesterday before many Christian delegates. Father Adel was the director of a school attended by Christian and Muslim students. "I attended Chaldeian schools myself, where the majority of the students were Muslims says the Procurator to SIR ; the schools are open to everyone just to render a service to the country. There is no distinction between Christians, Catholics or Muslims. An example of cohabitation that the criminals would like to destroy now". "The Government cannot offer security he goes on . Every day many people are killed, and the culprits will never be found. This is what is happening for mgr. Rahho, the archbishop of Mossul. One cannot say the kidnappers of mgr. Rahho have been taken, and weeks later they still don’t know how the investigation is going. The Government must give answers to the international community, to the Iraqi population and to the Chaldeian Church, it’s a matter of reliability". (dnr)” ” ” “
