Terror threat to churches

ONE OF THE ISLAMIC rebel groups terrorising Falluja has called on the United Nations to stop the US siege of the town or the group would attack local Iraqi Christians.
The threats came from Brigades and Mujahideen in the form of a fax to Dubaibased Arab television channel Al Arabiya. The group threatened to destroy churches, assassinate or kidnap priests, and target local Christians, according to the Barnabas Fund, which works to support Christian communities mainly in the Islamic world where they are facing poverty and persecution.
The threats to local Christians come amid the seizure of foreign nationals.