Father Ragheed was one of the chaldeans I met when I was up in Mosul in '04. There was an old christian monastery down the hill from our FOB. He came to the FOB and asked to see the place - Saddam had forbidden access to it for years as it sits in an old Iraqi ammunition storage area.

Here is a picture of the place.



Dair Mar Elia is its name.

Father Ragheed is the one on the left:



Sad.

CD