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Baghdad car bomb kills six, hurts 29
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-01-21 15:58
A car bomb exploded outside a Shiite mosque in Baghdad Friday, killing at
least six people and wounding 29, Iraqi police said.
The car exploded outside the al-Taf mosque in southwestern Baghdad, where
Shiites were celebrating one of Islam's most important holidays, the Eid
al-Adha, or Feast of Sacrifice. The feast coincides with the yearly pilgrimage
to Mecca in Saudi Arabia.
It was the second attack on a Shiite mosque in Baghdad this week. One of a
series of car bombs that hit the capital on Wednesday exploded near a Shiite
mosque just before noon prayers. No worshippers were hurt in that blast.
Attacks on Shiites have increased in the run-up to the Jan. 30 national
elections.
Shiites strongly support the vote, while some members of the Sunni minority
have called for a boycott of the balloting because of worsening security. Sunni
Muslim militants have vowed to disrupt the voting.
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