Iraq’s Christians mark first official Christmas holiday
In Baghdad and across the country Christians celebrated Christmas as an official holiday for the first time amid security fears. Attacks linger with a deadly Christmas morning car bombing in Shula and a later-acknowledged toll of casualties. Many Christians have fled northern Kurdistan as authorities pledge equality and unity.
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Christmas in a Baghdad mall a memory for troops abroad
In Baghdad’s Adil Shopping Center a U S Army unit spends a fourth Christmas in Iraq with meals chapel services and prayers for home. Soldiers like Capt Jonathan Hilton Sgt Robin Cameron and Sgt David Dantzler reflect on missing family and the hope for peace amid fragile security and fewer attacks.
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