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The Murder of Nuns
ByHow do we keep up with the nightmare of Iraq? You get numb, until some new atrocity leaps out from the void:
In Kirkuk, residents walked in shocked silence behind a funeral procession for two nuns, who were sisters and longtime residents of the city. They were killed early Tuesday.
Sister Margaret Saour, 80, and Sister Fadhila Saour, 71, were known in their neighborhood for their devotion to the church and to charitable works. On Monday, they attended evening prayers at the Chaldean cathedral, said one of the cathedral’s priests, the Rev. Saoor Shamel.
Their last minutes were filled with terror. After midnight, gunmen entered the nuns’ house, which is near the Kirkuk government building. They shot Sister Margaret, who was blind, and then turned to Sister Fadhila. Terrified, she tried to flee, but before she could cross the yard, the attackers stabbed her to death, according to Col. Taha Salah, the Qouriya neighborhood police chief.
There is one thing that this president has gotten right in this war. We face an enemy that at its core is pure evil. It's a tragedy that he has gotten almost everything else wrong. And evil is therefore winning the early battles of this war.
