http://www.cbn.com/CBNNews/News/031215a.asp "Radical Muslims Spark Fear in Iraqi Christians"
By George Thomas
CBN News Sr. Reporter
"Since the end of the first Gulf War, the Christian population of Iraq has dropped from nearly two million to about 800,000."
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "CBN.com – BAGHDAD -- The capture of Saddam Hussein has lifted a cloud that has been hanging over everyone in Iraq. But for some groups in Iraq, including Christians, life is becoming harder. The concern exists that the political and constitutional future of Iraq could threaten the survival of the Christians there.
The past several months have been dangerous for Christians in Iraq. A key Christian judge was killed in Mosul, bombs were found at two Christian schools, and many Christian students and families received notes to convert to Islam, or else.
Ismail Youssef, a prominent Christian judge, was assassinated outside his home in the northern city of Mosul, on November 4th. Several days later, authorities defused a cluster of bombs found at two Christian schools, one in Mosul and another in Baghdad.
Barnabus Fund, a group that tracks Christian persecution around the world, says the students also got notices to become Muslims or face death.
Then, in late November, many Christian families across Iraq received a threatening letter from the country's main Shia group. It warned Christians that if they didn't convert to Islam, they would be raped, kidnapped, tortured or killed."