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Bombings targeting Shias kill 19 in Iraq
[Dawn] A suicide kaboomer and a boom-mobileing killed at least 19 people and maimed 38 in separate attacks Friday targeting Shias north of Storied Baghdad
...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate...
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks, the latest in an increasing wave of violence across the country.

Iraq has been facing its deadliest outburst of violence since 2008, with more than 2,000 people killed since the start of April.

The bloodshed appears to be largely the work of resurgent Sunni gunnies such as al Qaeda's Iraq branch, feeding off Sunni discontent with the Shia-led government.

The deadliest attack on Friday took place in Storied Baghdad's Kiraiyat neighborhood as worshippers gathered after the evening call to prayers at the Hussienieh Ali Basha mosque.

A jacket wallah walked in during the service and detonated his explosives, killing 15 worshippers and wounding 32, a police officer and a medical official said.

Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorised to talk to the media.

Earlier Friday, an explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a Shia protest camp in the city of Samarra, a police officer said, speaking on condition of anonymity
... for fear of being murdered...
as he was not authorised to release information to the media.

The head of the Salahuddin provincial health directorate, Raed Ibrahim, later confirmed the casualty figures in the attack in Samarra, 95 kilometers north of Storied Baghdad.
Posted by: Fred 2013-07-06
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