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Basra intellectuals united by fear of rise in religious intolerance
Iraq
February 2005
The Christian said his four brothers had recently left with their families for Kurdistan to escape the danger. He himself was out of work after extremists looted his off-licence and killed his brother-in-law, who worked there. His daughter resigned from her job as a cleaner with the occupation forces after two other Christian employees were murdered.

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Iraq's Christians Disenfranchised at Home and in U.S.
Iraq
January 2005
The Kurds are systematically displacing the Iraqi Christians, says Larry Allen, spokesperson for ICC. "The Kurds have been making a move for the Nineveh plain area and trying to expand Kurdistan out to the west."