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To: tejek who wrote (183244)	2/21/2004 2:12:06 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1576165

Concern Over Iraq Attack In Brief Saturday, February 21, 2004; Page B09 Concern Over Iraq Attack An attack by Iraqi gunmen on a taxi carrying four U.S. missionaries last Saturday was part of what military officials say is a disturbing trend of ambushes of foreign civilians. The Rev. John Kelley, 48, of South Kingstown, R.I., was killed in the attack, which occurred on the outskirts of Mahmudiya, 15 miles south of Baghdad. Traveling with Kelley were the Revs. David Davis of Grace Bible Baptist Church in Vernon, Conn., Kirk DiVietro of Grace Baptist Church in Franklin, Mass., and Garland Carey of Valley Bible Baptist Church in Newburgh, N.Y. The ministers were attacked en route to their Baghdad hotel after visiting the ancient city of Babylon, according to Roland Vukic, a member of Curtis Corner Baptist Church in South Kingstown, where Kelley worked for 18 years. They were part of a group of about 10 religious leaders that went to Iraq on Feb. 6 to help set up a church, Vukic told the Associated Press. Kelley's companions suffered minor injuries and were taken by the Iraqi cabdriver to a Mahmudiya hospital, according to a report in the Independent of London. The driver, who was not injured, told the hospital staff that his taxi was shot at by four men in a red Opel armed with Kalashnikov rifles. The attack on the ministers "has set alarm bells ringing" because it "revealed that American missionaries were inside of Iraq trying to set up new churches and, presumably, find converts," the London newspaper said. Foreigners and Iraqis who work with them fear that news of the missionaries' presence may fuel resentment that has led to increased attacks on foreign civilians, the newspaper said. -- Bill Broadway washingtonpost.com