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Media: The Associated Press
Byline: n/a
Date: 10 August 2006
NAJAF, Iraq_Two bombs exploded in a market near a highly revered Shiite
shrine Thursday, killing at least 24 people and injuring 30, doctors said.
The bombs went off near the Imam Ali mosque, which contains the tomb of
Prophet Muhammad's son-in-law, Ali, and is one of the world's most sacred
shrines for Shiites.
At least 24 deaths and 30 injuries were recorded, said Dr. Isa Mohammed at
the morgue of Al-Hakim hospital in Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south
of Baghdad. The number of casualties is rising, he said.
Najaf and its twin city of Kufa, a stronghold of radical anti-American
cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, are tightly controlled by Shiite guards and police
to prevent attacks by Sunnis. The two communities have been embroiled in
tit-for-tat attacks that many fear could lead Iraq to civil war.
The last major attack in the twin cities occurred on July 18 when a suicide
car bomber detonated explosives in a crowd of laborers gathered across the
street from another major Shiite shrine in Kufa, killing at least 53 people
and wounding 105.
Byline: n/a
Date: 10 August 2006
NAJAF, Iraq_Two bombs exploded in a market near a highly revered Shiite
shrine Thursday, killing at least 24 people and injuring 30, doctors said.
The bombs went off near the Imam Ali mosque, which contains the tomb of
Prophet Muhammad's son-in-law, Ali, and is one of the world's most sacred
shrines for Shiites.
At least 24 deaths and 30 injuries were recorded, said Dr. Isa Mohammed at
the morgue of Al-Hakim hospital in Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south
of Baghdad. The number of casualties is rising, he said.
Najaf and its twin city of Kufa, a stronghold of radical anti-American
cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, are tightly controlled by Shiite guards and police
to prevent attacks by Sunnis. The two communities have been embroiled in
tit-for-tat attacks that many fear could lead Iraq to civil war.
The last major attack in the twin cities occurred on July 18 when a suicide
car bomber detonated explosives in a crowd of laborers gathered across the
street from another major Shiite shrine in Kufa, killing at least 53 people
and wounding 105.