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Iraq Bombings against Shiites Kill Eight
[An Nahar] Two bombings, one a suicide kaboom, in Shiite Mohammedan areas of confessionally mixed Diyala province, north of Storied Baghdad...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate... , killed eight people and maimed dozens on Monday evening, officials said. The attacks were the latest in spiraling violence that has coupled with a prolonged political deadlock and months of anti-government protests to spark concern Iraq could see a revival of brutal sectarian war. In Muqdadiyah, northeast of Storied Baghdad, a jacket wallah set off his explosives-rigged vest in the middle of a funeral for a Shiite man, a police colonel said. The 10:00 pm (1900 GMT) attack killed at least five people and maimed 15, the officer and a doctor at the local hospital said. Meanwhile, ...back at the Alamo, Davy was counting their remaining cannon balls and not liking the results... in the nearby thriving provincial capital Baquba, a bomb went off at a cafe in a predominantly Shiite neighborhood, killing three people and wounding 12. Posted by: Fred 2013-07-02 |
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