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"We Are in the Modern Catacombs," Says Young Iraqi Catholic
Iraq
October 2004
1915
1950

Excerpt:
Thousands of Christian Families Reportedly Have Fled Baghdad ..."Iraqi Christians are obliged to celebrate Mass in churches' basements. They live under the constant threat of death,"..."In 1915, in the Christian city of Mardine, in the north of the country, there was real ethnic cleansing. My grandparents lived there. Around 1950, Christians suffered other persecutions and today this tragic history is being repeated," Elias said.

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Muslims in Thailand behead a 63-yr-old Buddhist! Still don't think we're in a World War?
June 2004
Thailand

Excerpt:
Sieng Patkaoe, 63, was attacked by men with machetes early Saturday as he tapped rubber trees on his plantation in the southern province of Narathiwat, district police said. Sieng's severed head was left along a village road. His body, found some 60 metres (yards) away, had a note pinned to it threatening more killings, police said.