http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=1&u=/nm/20040109/ts_nm/iraq_mosque_dc<snip>BAQUBA, Iraq (Reuters) - At least four people were killed and dozens injured by a bomb blast during Friday prayers at a Shi'ite mosque in the central Iraqi town of Baquba, hospital sources said.
Local police and witnesses said the bomb exploded outside a small mosque in a residential area. Officials at a nearby hospital said they knew of 39 people injured.
It was not clear whether it was a car bomb.
Baquba, 40 miles north of Baghdad, is in a largely Sunni Muslim area which is a hotbed of resistance to the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq (news - web sites). U.S. forces have mounted major operations in and around the town to try to capture insurgents.