Summary: Basically, “the death toll from a hostage standoff at a Catholic church in Baghdad has risen to 58”, policie officials with the Iraqi Interior Ministry said Monday.  On Sunday, 75 more causualties were added to the list, mostly of whom were women and children. As many as 120 people were taken hostage. 17 security officers and 5 gunmen were kilt.  The standoff ended Sunday after Iraqui security forces stormed the Sayidat al-Nejat church.  Only eight suspects were arrested.  Iraqui Defense Minister Abdul Qader Obeidi said on state television Sunday, “All the marks point out that this incident carries the fingerprints of al Qaeda.

Response: Obviously I can’t change or control anything happening that the al Qaeda might be behind, but I want to.  All I can do is pray.  I feel as if they hit defenseless people gathered in the house of the Lord, which is home to reconciliation and love.  I feel bad that there are even terrorists in the first place.  What more can we do to help or stop al Qaeda from what they’re doing.  I feel as if we should focus more on finding al Qaeda, then fighting a war in Afghanistan whoms mission was to find al Qaeda in the first place.  If we focus more on finding al Qaeda, then maybe incidents like this would start decreasing.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/11/01/iraq.violence/index.html?hpt=T2