Bush’s Civil War News:Bombing Near Iraq Shrine Leaves 35 Dead
Posted in H.L. News, Main Blog (All Posts) on August 10th, 2006 12:13 pm by HL
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Bombing Near Iraq Shrine Leaves 35 Dead
NY Daily News
Excerpt:
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — A suicide bomber detonated a belt of explosives Thursday near a highly revered Shiite shrine in southern Iraq, killing at least 35 people and injuring 122, an official said.
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Prime Minister Nouri al-Mailiki, a Shiite, denounced the bombing as a “barbaric massacre conducted by Takfiris (Sunni extremists) and Saddamists who are seeking to inflame sectarian” passions. A statement by the collective Shiite leadership also issued a similar condemnation.
A Sunni insurgent group, Jamaat Jund al-Sahaba, or Soldiers of the Prophet’s Companions, claimed responsibility for the bombing in an Internet posting. It warned Shiites to stop killing unarmed Sunnis, “otherwise wait for such operations that will shake your regions like earthquakes.”