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Iraqi Christians inspect damage at the altar of the Sayidat al-Nejat Catholic Cathedral. U.S. and Iraqi forces stormed the cathedral to free dozens of hostages held by Al Qaeda gunmen on Oct. 31, 2010. More than 50 worshipers were killed during the siege. (Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images)
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Iraqi children lean against the wall of Baghdad's Anglican Church on Sept. 29, 2005. (Sabah Arar/AFP/Getty Images)
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Iraqi Chaladean Catholic Christians celebrate Easter mass at the church of Virgin Mary in central Baghdad's Al-Karrada neighborhood on March 23, 2008. (Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images)
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Mandaeans ready to be baptised in the waters of the Tigris River, which runs through the center of Baghdad, on Sept. 21, 2008. Since the invasion of Iraq by U.S.-led forces, the once 100,000-strong sect has depleted to 5,000, with most fleeing the country. (Sabah Arar/AFP/Getty Images)
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An Iraqi Christian woman carries bags of food aid in Kirkuk on Oct. 28, 2008, after fleeing violence targeting Christians in the northern city of Mosul. (Marwan Ibrahim/AFP/Getty Images)
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Thousands of Christians protest in the northern Iraqi town of Hamdaniyah to condemn a bomb attack on a bus earlier this year. The attack left one person dead and 80 wounded. (Mujahed Mohammad/AFP/Getty Images)
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Iraqi women mourn outside a church in Baghdad during a funeral service on Nov. 2, 2010 for the victims of the Oct. 31 attack on the Syrian Catholic church that left more than 50 worshippers dead. (Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images)
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Iraqi Christians hold pictures of their killed loved ones at St. Joseph Chaldean Church in Baghdad during a memorial for the victims of the Oct. 31 attack. (Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images)
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A blood-stained stole is seen amid books at the priest's room of the Syrian Catholic Church in central Baghdad after the Oct. 31 attack. (Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images)
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An Iraqi woman walks past a member of the Iraqi special forces standing guard outside the Virgin Mary church in Baghdad on Nov. 7, 2010. (Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images)
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An Iraqi Christian holds a candle during Sunday mass at the Syrian Catholic Church a week after more than 50 fellow worshipers were killed by Al Qaeda gunmen. (Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images)
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Iraqi Christians light candles in the shape of a cross next to the names of the church attack victims during a Sunday mass at the Syrian Catholic Church earlier this year. (Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images)
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Iraqi Christians pray at the Syrian Catholic Church. (Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images)
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Zoltani Youkhaha (center) breaks into tears during a demonstration calling on the American and Iraqi governments to protect Iraqi Christians during a rally on Nov. 8, 2010 in Chicago, Illinois. (Scott Olson/AFP/Getty Images)
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Iraqi Christians hold on Nov. 14, 2010 in Stockholm pictures of some of the 53 people who were killed in the Oct. 31 attack in Baghdad. An estimated 800,000 Christians lived in Iraq before the U.S.-led invasion of 2003, but that number has since shrunk by half in the face of repeated attacks against their community and churches.(Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images)
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An Iraqi Christian priest leads the Sunday mass at the Sayidat al-Nejat Catholic Cathedral, also called the Syrian Catholic Church, in central Baghdad on Nov. 14, 2010, two weeks after more than 50 fellow worshippers were taken hostage by Al Qaeda gunmen and massacred during prayers. (Sabah Arar/AFP/Getty Images)
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Iraqi Assyrian Catholic Sister Basma speaks to refugee children during a Catechism lesson at a Christian school on the outskirts of Beirut. The school has 400 Iraqi Christian refugee children. It is difficult for them to cope with Lebanon's academic program because of the differences in language between Iraqis and the Lebanese. (Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images)
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