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Kufa bomb kills 25 Sistani supporters
Doctors say at least 25 bodies and more than 100 wounded have been brought to the Middle Euphrates hospital after the explosions. They are appealing for aid from hospitals in other southern cities in Diwaniyah, Hilla and Karbala. The wounded, the majority of them men, are stretched out in the hospital's garden and groaning in agony in the corridors. Witnesses say hundreds had gathered at the mosque, preparing to greet Iraq's Shiite Muslim spiritual leader Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, when the mortars struck at around 8:00am local time. "There were hundreds of us," witness Hani Hashim said. "We came early this morning to the mosque. We were waiting for Sistani, inside and outside. Then at 8:00am, two mortars exploded, one near the outer gate and the other inside the compound." It is not immediately clear where the mortars came from.Posted by: Paul Moloney 2004-08-26 |
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