Persecuted Iraqi Christians camp outside church

Persecuted Iraqi Christians camp outside church

ERBIL, Iraq - Many Christian refugees camp out on the premises of a Catholic church in Erbil in the Kurdish autonomous region, northern Iraq, on Sept. 6, 2014, to escape persecution from Islamic militants.

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