Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Market bombs kill 44 before Iraqi Shi'ite ritual

A bomb in a small truck exploded in a market in the city of Diwaniya, killing 40 people, and other blasts killed four more near the city of Kerbala, police and officials said. The Diwaniya bombing was near a Shi'ite mosque where pilgrims gather on their way to Kerbala to celebrate the birthday of one of their most important imams, al-Mahdi, this week.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/7/3/worldupdates/2012-07-03T143656Z_9_BRE862094_RTROPTT_0_UK-IRAQ-VIOLENCE&sec=Worldupdates

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