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February 26, 2006
Iraq: Second Shi'a Shrine Bombed
The push for civil war continues: Another Shia shrine bombed as 60 killed in fresh Iraq violence
BAGHDAD: Sectarian tensions, already at a peak, were further inflamed on Saturday in Iraq when bombers blew up a car in the Shia holy city of Karbala and bombers blew up a well-known Shia tomb in Taz Khurmatu in northern Iraq, police said. At least 60 people, including 16 policemen, were killed in fresh violence across the country.The car bomb in Karbala killed at least eight and wounded 25. The fresh attacks came after more than 140 people were killed nationwide in a surge of sectarian bloodletting triggered by the bombing on Wednesday of one of the holiest Shia shrines in Samarra, north of Baghdad.
The Karbala bombing targeted a busy shopping street in the west of the city, as a police patrol passed by. Akil Mohammed, 30, said he saw two people drive the car into the street.
In other violence, 12 farm labourers were shot to death in an orchard on Saturday morning in Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad. They included both Shias and Sunnis, a relative of the victims said.
But not everybody is in favor of intra-Islamic violence. Iran, the standard bearer of all things Shi'ite, is for killing infidels instead:
Iran accused the United States and Israel of orchestrating Wednesday's attack on one of Iraq's holiest Shia shrines, The Associated Press reported.Referring to the U.S.-led occupation forces in Iraq, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told a crowd in southwestern Iran: "They invade the shrine and bomb there because they oppose God and justice,"
"These passive activities are the acts of a group of defeated Zionists and occupiers who intended to hit our emotions," he said.
Addressing the United States, he added: "You have to know that such an act will not save you from the anger of Muslim nations."[...]
Posted by Ruy Diaz at February 26, 2006 1:07 AM
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I wouldn't be surprised if Iran planned the Shia mosque bombings. Anything to delay America moving on to the next phase of the war.
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at February 26, 2006 8:13 AM
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