Iraqi Christians Reel from Church Bombings
Published August 2, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT
Iraq's Christian community was rocked by a series of nearly simultaneous explosions Sunday that targeted five different churches in two Iraqi cities. The U.S. military says at least 11 people were killed and more than 47 injured in the highly sophisticated coordinated attack. NPR's Ivan Watson reports.
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