” “The latest serious terrorist attack against the Christian communities in Iraq happened yesterday. At Tell-el-skop, a Christian village north-east of Mosul, a car bomb went off. 10 people died and 140 were hurt, mostly children. The victims include two Dominican nuns. Faced with the tragedy of the Iraqi Christians, mgr. Louis Sako, archbishop of Kirkurk and president of inter-religious dialogue of the assembly of Catholic Bishops in Iraq, makes an appeal to reconciliation. “Christians he states have been pioneers in the construction of the Iraqi civilisation. Along with their Muslim brothers, they have bravely defended their bond with the land and integrity of Iraq. All of them are proof of the Christians’ loyalty, honesty, wisdom and longing for brotherhood". According to the archbishop, "this hostility towards Christians is clearly in conflict with the Iraqis and their humanitarian and Islamic morality. Iraq without Christians would be a disaster for all Iraqis. Driving Christians out of their homes means deteriorating the concept of cohabitation and destroying the cultural, civil and religious mosaic that Iraq is considered the cradle and incubator of". Hence his invitation "to reconciliation, solidarity and to leaving out the external elements that bring death and division".” “
