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| Bomb Near Iraq Mosque Kills Seven |
| 2013-04-13 |
[Naharnet] A bomb went kaboom!near a Sunni mosque north of Storied Baghdad ...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate... on Friday, killing seven people, a police colonel and a doctor said, the latest in an uptick in violence in the runup to elections next week. The bomber struck after prayers at the Omar bin Abdul Aziz mosque, south of Baquba, and also maimed another 25 people the sources said. Iraq is to hold provincial elections on April 20, its first polls since 2010. Attacks on candidates have left at least a dozen election hopefuls dead, according to an AFP tally. That, and the fact that only 12 of Iraq's 18 provinces will vote due to a government postponement has drawn the credibility of the elections into question. Violence killed 271 Iraqis last month, the highest monthly figure since August, according to an AFP tally. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 While I think it was a good idea to go into Iraq, I don't think any of us quite understood how toxic the animosity between the Shia and the Sunni is. They are tearing a country with enormous potential apart. Obviously they care more about their crazy dispute over the successor to Mohammed than they are about anything else. That situation, until some prominent Shia and some prominent Sunni come forward and say "Enough" Of course, the fanatics would kill any religious leaders who attempted to negotiate a peace between the two groups. |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2013-04-13 17:38 |