A massacre of Iraqi Christians occurred on Monday at Our Lady of Salvation Church in Baghdad. The New York Times reported that this was the worst massacre of Christians since the war began in 2003. Before the war, Iraq was home to somewhere between 800,000 and 1.4 million Christians, but today at least half have emigrated in addition to nearly all Iraqi Jews. The violence involved grenades, guns, and suicide vests.† 58 people were killed by an affiliate of Al- Qaeda and the attack was said to be fueled by the killings of thousands of Sunni and Shiite Muslims since the war began.
