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Basile Georges Casmoussa, 66, the Iraqi Catholic archbishop of Mosul was kidnapped on January 17, 2005

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Description: Syrian Catholic Archbishop Basile Georges Casmoussa of Mosul, Iraq, is pictured in Bangkok, Thailand, Oct. 14. He told Catholic New Service that the goal of terrorist groups bombing Christian churches in his country was "to create fear among the Christians and push them out of Iraq." Casmoussa, 66, the Iraqi Catholic archbishop of Mosul was kidnapped on January 17, 2005 in what the Vatican called an 'act of terrorism.' Casmoussa was believed to be the highest-ranking Catholic prelate to be abducted in Iraq, where the local church has been the target of a bombing campaign which has rattled the tiny Christian minority
Object name: SYRIAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP CASMOUSSA OF MOSUL, IRAQ
Credit: ©CATHOLICPRESSPHOTO
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Description: Syrian Catholic Archbishop Basile Georges Casmoussa (R) of Mosul, Iraq, poses with Patriarch Chaldean.Casmoussa, 66, the Iraqi Catholic archbishop of Mosul was kidnapped on January 17, 2005 in what the Vatican called an 'act of terrorism.' Casmoussa was believed to be the highest-ranking Catholic prelate to be abducted in Iraq, where the local church has been the target of a bombing campaign which has rattled the tiny Christian minority
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Credit: ©CATHOLICPRESSPHOTO
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Description: Pope John Paul II meets Syrian Catholic Archbishop Basile Georges Casmoussa of Mosul, Iraq, in a private audience at the Vatican 2000.Casmoussa, 66, the Iraqi Catholic archbishop of Mosul was kidnapped on January 17, 2005 in what the Vatican called an 'act of terrorism.' Casmoussa was believed to be the highest-ranking Catholic prelate to be abducted in Iraq, where the local church has been the target of a bombing campaign which has rattled the tiny Christian minority
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Credit: ©CATHOLICPRESSPHOTO
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Description: Syrian Catholic Archbishop Basile Georges Casmoussa of Mosul, Iraq, is pictured in Bangkok, Thailand, Oct. 14. He told Catholic New Service that the goal of terrorist groups bombing Christian churches in his country was "to create fear among the Christians and push them out of Iraq." Casmoussa, 66, the Iraqi Catholic archbishop of Mosul was kidnapped on January 17, 2005 in what the Vatican called an 'act of terrorism.' Casmoussa was believed to be the highest-ranking Catholic prelate to be abducted in Iraq, where the local church has been the target of a bombing campaign which has rattled the tiny Christian minority
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Credit: ©CPP/Jean Claude Gadme/CIRIC
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Description: Syrian Catholic Archbishop Basile Georges Casmoussaas (L) greets Pope John Paul II during an audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican , in this November 22, 2000 photo. The Iraqi Catholic archbishop of Mosul who was kidnapped at gunpoint on January 17, 2005, has been freed, the Misna Italian missionary agency reported on Tuesday.
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Credit: © CPP/Osservatore Romano