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AINA News Assyrians Demonstrate Around the World Against Baghdad Church Massacre Posted 2010-11-10 06:12 GMT (AINA) -- Assyrians held demonstrations across the world on November 8 to call attention to the Baghdad church massacre which occurred on October 31, when the Islamic State of Iraq, an Al-Qaeda affiliated group, stormed Our Lady of Deliverance Syrian Catholic Church and killed 58 parishioners and wounded 75. Protesters demanded an end to the low-grade genocide of Assyrians (also known as Chaldeans and Syriacs) which began on June 26, 2004, when the first church was bombed. Since that time, 66 churches have been bombed, 15 priests and bishops and hundreds of Assyrians have been killed and nearly half have fled to Syria and Jordan. Rallies were held in Detroit, Phoenix, Chicago, Hartford, Modesto, San Jose, San Diego, Los Angeles, New York, Las Vegas, Hamilton, Toronto, Sydney, London, Sweden, Holland and Germany. The names of the victims were read in most of the rallies. The following list contains the names of 43 of the 58 Assyrians who were killed. 1. Father Tha'ir Saadallah Abalhad Abdal 2. Father Wasim Sabih Joseph al-Qas 3. George Ayyub Tubiyya 4. Nabil Ilyas Sam'an Saqat 5. Saham Adnan Sado 6. Thamir Kamil Awsi 7. Nida Hamid Estefan 8. Umar Thamir Kamil Awsi 9. Aziz al-Maysi 10. Jonah George al-Sa'ur 11. John Jonah George al-Sa'ur 12. Rita Matthew George Zura 13. Sandro John Jonah al-Sa'ur [child] 14. Maha Nasif Banno 15. Salam Adib 16. Wisam Adib 17. Faiz Wadallah Qazzazi 18. Uday Zuhayr Mardina Arab 19. Adam Uday Zuhayr Arab 20. Bahnam Mansur Bulus Mumika 21. Ayyub Adnan Ayyub Burjo 22. Sabah Matthew Hamami 23. Saad Edward al-Sa'ati 24. Faris Najib Phillip Hannawi 25. Vivian Nasir Maro 26. Nathir Abd al-Ahad Anani 27. Fadi Bahuda 28. Mazin Fathil Salim Ilyas 29. Abdullah Haddad 30. Wamiq Haddad 31. Raghda Wafi Bishara 32. Nizar Jamil Matlub 33. Milad Nizar Jamil Matlub 34. Bassam Adnan Jamil al-Khury 35. Adnan Jamil al-Khury 36. Bahnam Michael Kafilmawt 37. Salah George Abd al-Ahad Qaqo 38. Christine Nabil Tubiya Katnawi 39. Ra'id Saadallah Abalhad Abdal 40. Fadi Samir Habib Amso 41. Ethel Najib Abbudi 42. Nizar Hazim Abdurrahim al-Sayigh 43. Suhayla Rofail Jani Assyrian International News Agency http://www.aina.org/news/20101110011240.htm Page 1 of 9
