Funérailles des Martyrs de Bagdad

extraits de la dépêche de la correspondante de RFI à Bagdad, Fatma Kizilboga, mardi 02 novembre 2010 : 

Des centaines d'Irakiens en pleurs, ont assisté cet après-midi à une messe en l'église chaldéenne Saint Joseph de Bagdad en mémoire des 46 fidèles chrétiens tués dimanche soir par un commando d'al-Qaïda. Dans son sermon, le cardinal Emmanuel Delly a salué la mémoire de ceux qui étaient venus prier Dieu et qui ont été fauché par la main du diable entrée dans un lieu de culte.

 Le message est poignant ; celui de 700 personnes, toutes confessions religieuses et partis politiques confondus, réunies cet après-midi dans l’église chaldéenne, Saint-Joseph à Bagdad, main dans la main, pour célébrer les funérailles d’une partie des victimes de la prise d’otages survenue dimanche soir et dénoncer l’acte barbare conduit par un commando d’al-Qaïda qui s’est soldé par la mort de 53 personnes et 60 blessés.

L’émotion en Irak est encore très vive. Cet attentat est en effet le plus meurtrier, visant la communauté chrétienne dans le pays, depuis le début de l’invasion américaine en 2003.

l'article : > http://www.rfi.fr/moyen-orient/20101102-emouvantes-obseques-bagdad-victimes-chretiennes-al-qaida

Iraqi women watch as the coffins of two slain priests are carried at a funeral in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. The priests were killed Sunday when gunmen stormed a church during mass and took the entire congregation hostage. The attack, claimed by an al-Qaida-linked organization, was the deadliest recorded against Iraq's Christians since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion unleashed a wave of violence against them. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Mourners carry the coffins of slain Christians during their funeral in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. The victims were killed Sunday when gunmen stormed a church during mass and took the entire congregation hostage. The attack, claimed by an al-Qaida-linked organization, was the deadliest recorded against Iraq's Christians since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion unleashed a wave of violence against them. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Mourners carry the coffin and photograph of slain Iraqi priest Wassem Sabieh, during his funeral in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. The priest was killed Sunday when gunmen stormed a church during mass and took the entire congregation hostage. The attack, claimed by an al-Qaida-linked organization, was the deadliest recorded against Iraq's Christians since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion unleashed a wave of violence against them. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Relatives grieve near the coffins of slain Christians at a funeral mass in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. The victims were killed Sunday when gunmen stormed a church during mass and took the entire congregation hostage. The attack, claimed by an al-Qaida-linked organization, was the deadliest recorded against Iraq's Christians since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion unleashed a wave of violence against them. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

An Iraqi Christian man weeps as he walks with a cross in front of the coffins of two slain priests and their parishioners at a funeral mass in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. The victims were killed Sunday when gunmen stormed a church during mass and took the entire congregation hostage. The attack, claimed by an al-Qaida-linked organization, was the deadliest recorded against Iraq's Christians since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion unleashed a wave of violence against them. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

In this mobile phone camera image obtained by the Associated Press Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010, the interior of the Our Lady of Salvation church is seen after gunmen took the congregation hostage on Sunday Oct 31. The attack, claimed by an al-Qaida-linked organization, was the deadliest recorded against Iraq's Christians since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion unleashed a wave of violence against them. (AP Photo)

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