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muriel_volestrangler

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Wed Sep 11, 2013, 05:36 PM Sep 2013

Iraq blasts near Baghdad Shia mosque 'kill at least 35'

Source: BBC

Two explosions near a Shia mosque in the Iraqi capital Baghdad have killed at least 35 people, officials say.

At least 55 others were wounded in the attack in the largely Shia district of Kasra as worshippers were leaving the mosque after evening prayers.

No-one has yet said they carried out the attack, but suspicion will fall on Sunni militants.
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Also on Wednesday, a bomb in the northern city of Mosul targeting a police convoy killed a policeman and injured three others,

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-24056728

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Iraq blasts near Baghdad Shia mosque 'kill at least 35' (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler Sep 2013 OP
Yes, but think how much worse it could have ben Jackpine Radical Sep 2013 #1
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