THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Islamist insurgents in Iraq have warned of a new wave of attacks on Christians "wherever they can be reached", threatening a new wave of sectarian violence.
"We will open upon them the doors of destruction and rivers of blood," said a statement posted on a militant website by the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), an al-Qaeda front.
The ISI claimed responsibility for an attack on a Roman Catholic church in Baghdad on Sunday evening which left 42 worshippers, at least six police and all nine assailants dead.
Al-Qaeda or other Sunni militants are also presumed to be responsible for a wave of bombings across Shia districts of the city that killed 76 people on Tuesday night. Islamist Insurgents in Iraq Threaten Wave of Attacks on Christians >>> Richard Spencer, Middle East Correspondent | Wednesday, November 03, 2010
