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explosives blew up. Two people were reportedly killed, including the verger of the<br />
church, Josef Ischo, and a child. Seventeen persons in all were injured. 858<br />
• On 15 August 2006, Father Hanna Saad Sirop, Chaldean Catholic Priest and Director of<br />
the Theology Department at Babel College in Baghdad was kidnapped as he left a<br />
Baghdad church after a mass celebrating the Assumption; he was freed after 27 days<br />
during which he had reportedly been threatened and tortured; 859<br />
• In early August 2006, Father Raad Washan, a Chaldean priest in Baghdad, was<br />
kidnapped and held for approximately 48 hours. 860<br />
858 Society for Threatened People, Society for Threatened Peoples calls for Christian refugees from Iraq to<br />
be given long-term asylum in Germany, 25 September 2006, http://www.gfbv.de/pressemit.php?id=<br />
664&stayInsideTree=1.<br />
859 AP, Over 35,000 Christians have fled Iraq, 12 October 2006, http://www.jpost.com/servlet/<br />
Satellite?cid=1159193427145&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull; Asia News, Priest abducted in<br />
Baghdad threatened and tortured, 13 September 2006, http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=7203.<br />
860 Cindy Wooden, Pope appeals for release of priest kidnapped in Baghdad, Catholic News Service,<br />
22 August 2006, http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0604741.htm.<br />
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