For Iraq's Christians, "the Surge" has been more like "the Purge" as ethnic and religious fighting continues to decimate this ancient and once-thriving Christian population. Before the U.S. invasion, Iraqi Christians numbered about 1.5 million. Now the figure is less than half that, due to expulsion, exodus, and murder. The situation has forced Iraq's Christians into desperate decisions, and in March, the leader of the Chaldean Catholic Church, Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho, died while being…
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