Plight of Iraqi Christians

Madam, - That the Christian people of Iraq are subject to a systematic policy of "religious cleansing" (as brutal and murderous…

Madam, - That the Christian people of Iraq are subject to a systematic policy of "religious cleansing" (as brutal and murderous as the "ethnic cleansing" Muslims suffered in Yugoslavia) is as obvious to the governments of the EU as it is also embarrassing. It embarrasses the EU governments because none are speaking up, let alone doing anything about it.

Mr Dermot Ahern could give a good lead by breaking ranks with some of his colleagues in Brussels and giving refuge to some of the terrorised Christian families of Iraq, who are being driven from their homes or murdered just because they are Christians. - Yours, etc,

JOHN HUGHES,

Harlech Downs,

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Dublin 14.