Christians from Mosul say they have been targeted for months

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AMMAN, Jordan –The fall of Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city, to Islamist militants in early June sent half a million residents scurrying for safety, but Christians from the city say they were targeted long before Iraqi security forces abandoned the major political and economic hub.

“We Christians have been objects of kidnapping, torture and killing by extremists hoping to extort money from us or to force us to convert to Islam — for several months,” said a young Iraqi Catholic man from Mosul, who identified himself simply as “Danny.”

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