[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 44, Number 10 (Monday, March 17, 2008)]
[Page 376]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Statement on the Death of Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho of Mosul

March 13, 2008

    I send my condolences to the Chaldean community and the people of 
Iraq on the death of Archbishop Rahho. I deplore the despicable act of 
violence committed against the Archbishop of Mosul. The terrorists will 
continue to lose in Iraq because they are savage and cruel. Their utter 
disregard for human life, demonstrated by this murder and by recent 
suicide attacks against innocent Iraqis in Baghdad and innocent pilgrims 
celebrating a religious holiday, is turning the Iraqi people against 
them. We will continue to work with the Iraqi Government to protect and 
support civilians, irrespective of religious affiliation.