Attacks on Christians began October 2010 in Baghdad and have spread north . Iraq 's Christian community , which numbered 1.4 million in 2003 , is estimated to have dwindled to 500,000 as many have left the country , the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has said . The latest victims include two children and an elderly woman . Iraq 's Christian population is down to almost a third of what it once was .
Attacks on Christians began October 2010 in Baghdad and have spread north . The latest victims include two children and an elderly woman . Iraq 's Christian population is down to almost a third of what it once was .