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Clerics plead with US officials to protect Iraq Christians

U.S. National Council of Churches' officials have asked their national authorities to take steps to protect Christians in Iraq as well as members of other threatened minority groups due to continuing violence and political uncertainty, reports Ecumenical News International.

Leaders from the biggest ecumenical agency in the United Sates sent a letter on 26 April to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and to the U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. The NCC officials asked Clinton and Gates to urge Iraqi authorities and commanders of U.S.-led forces in Iraq to take steps to minimise violence affecting the beleaguered Iraqi Christian community and others who continue to face threats and acts of violence.

The letters urged the United States to work with Iraqi authorities to help protect Christians and other minority groups; provide humanitarian assistance to those displaced; and encourage the preservation of religious and ethnic diversity in Iraq.

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[04/29/2010]

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