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NAME: IRQ CHURCH 080804N TAPE: EF04/0794 IN_TIME: 10:25:27:13 DURATION: 00:02:07:12 SOURCES: APTN DATELINE: Baghdad - 8 Aug 2004 RESTRICTIONS: SHOTLIST: 1 Wide of Syrian Catholic church 2 Armed security man 3 Close up of security man holding gun 4 Cross on church building 5 Entrance to church 6 Close up of Virgin Mary mural 7 Interior chruch during a service 8 Close up of priest addressing congregation 9 Wide of congregation sitting in pews 10 Close up female worshipper 11 Congregation 12 Mid shot congregation 13 Priest at altar bowing to the crucifix 14 Close up priest saying prayer 15 Women praying 16 Wide of worshippers praying 17 Priest addressing congregation 18 Worshippers 19 Close up of woman holding rosary beads 20 Close up of hands 21 Close up of man praying 22 Close up of mans hands 23 Close up of women praying 24 SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Christian worshipper - name withheld, This terrorist act and the terrorists cannot stop us from coming to pray As Christians we are seeking love and peace 25 Exterior of Church of the Virgin Mary 26 Close up cross 27 Exterior of Church surrounded with barbed wire STORYLINE Christians in Baghdad on Sunday returned to Mass, a week after a series of bombings targetted churches in the Iraqi capital and Mosul At the Syrian Catholic church in the Karada neighbourhood, churchgoers gathered for morning communion, despite fears that the building could again be a target Last Sunday, a wave of coordinated attacks on Iraqi churches killed at least 11 people and wounded more than 50 others The explosions came just minutes apart and hit four churches in Baghdad, two in Karada, one in the Dora neighbourhood and one in New Baghdad A fifth church was hit in Mosul, about 350 kilometers (220 miles) north of the capital The attacks on the churches signalled an apparent change in tactics for insurgents, who focused many previous attacks on US forces, Iraqi officials and police in a drive to push coalition forces from the country, weaken the interim government and hamper reconstruction efforts The unprecedented attacks against Iraq's 750-thousand-member Christian minority seemed to confirm community members' fears they might be targeted as suspected collaborators with American forces amid a rising tide of Islamic fundamentalism

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Title: Iraq Church - Christians attend mass, week after blasts
Date: 08/08/2004
Library: APTN
Tape Number: VSAP424655
Content: NAME: IRQ CHURCH 080804N TAPE: EF04/0794 IN_TIME: 10:25:27:13 DURATION: 00:02:07:12 SOURCES: APTN DATELINE: Baghdad - 8 Aug 2004 RESTRICTIONS: SHOTLIST: 1 Wide of Syrian Catholic church 2 Armed security man 3 Close up of security man holding gun 4 Cross on church building 5 Entrance to church 6 Close up of Virgin Mary mural 7 Interior chruch during a service 8 Close up of priest addressing congregation 9 Wide of congregation sitting in pews 10 Close up female worshipper 11 Congregation 12 Mid shot congregation 13 Priest at altar bowing to the crucifix 14 Close up priest saying prayer 15 Women praying 16 Wide of worshippers praying 17 Priest addressing congregation 18 Worshippers 19 Close up of woman holding rosary beads 20 Close up of hands 21 Close up of man praying 22 Close up of mans hands 23 Close up of women praying 24 SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Christian worshipper - name withheld, This terrorist act and the terrorists cannot stop us from coming to pray As Christians we are seeking love and peace 25 Exterior of Church of the Virgin Mary 26 Close up cross 27 Exterior of Church surrounded with barbed wire STORYLINE Christians in Baghdad on Sunday returned to Mass, a week after a series of bombings targetted churches in the Iraqi capital and Mosul At the Syrian Catholic church in the Karada neighbourhood, churchgoers gathered for morning communion, despite fears that the building could again be a target Last Sunday, a wave of coordinated attacks on Iraqi churches killed at least 11 people and wounded more than 50 others The explosions came just minutes apart and hit four churches in Baghdad, two in Karada, one in the Dora neighbourhood and one in New Baghdad A fifth church was hit in Mosul, about 350 kilometers (220 miles) north of the capital The attacks on the churches signalled an apparent change in tactics for insurgents, who focused many previous attacks on US forces, Iraqi officials and police in a drive to push coalition forces from the country, weaken the interim government and hamper reconstruction efforts The unprecedented attacks against Iraq's 750-thousand-member Christian minority seemed to confirm community members' fears they might be targeted as suspected collaborators with American forces amid a rising tide of Islamic fundamentalism
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