Iraqi Christian Kidnapped As Intimidation Campaign Continues
(July 31, 2010) An Iraqi Christian businessman was abducted outside his office in
Kirkuk on July 29, in the latest of a series of targeted attacks on the country’s
religious minority. Yonan Daniel Mammo, a Chaldean Catholic, was seized by a group
of armed men. His family had not yet heard from his abductors. Kirkuk’s Chaldean Archbishop
Louis Sako has appealed to local civic leaders for help in securing his release. Archbishop
Sako has frequently implored the government to provide adequate protection for Christians.
An organized campaign of intimidation has prompted many Christian families to flee
Kirkuk.