The Bombing of St Mary's

On Monday morning, two car bombs went off outside the Assyrian Orthodox Church of St Mary. Typical Western media response "Muslim extremist reacting to the Pope remarks".

They failed to consider the possibilty that as Iraq is in the grips of civil war they might have been an altogether motive. Even the Assyrian Christians reject that this has anything to do with the Pope's speech.

The Assyrian Orthodox Patriarch recently visited Kurdistan, which invoked critisism from Christians and Sunnis alike. Both are effectively at war with the Kurdish militias. It was a warning to the Patriarch.