The Iraqi Catholic clergy do not want to see a safe corridor set up for Christians.

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The ruling Communist Party has long feared that opposition to its rule could be spread by religious and other civic groups outside its control.

Cardinal Bechara Rai, patriarch of Maronite Catholics, appealed to the international community to work to end terrorism "that is killing and displacing families and depriving them of their rights and dignities."

Those killed were mostly women and children. No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack on Sunday.

“I am very aware that my ethnicity is dying.”