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- December 11, 2010, 07:45:47 AMAt least 11 people were killed in Iraq today when a suicide car bomber struck a police checkpoint in the Shiite holy city of Najaf.
Najaf is the spiritual heartland of the militia factions led by radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
In Baghdad,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, political tremors grew following claims that a Sunni woman was raped while in custody of the Shiite-dominated police – a case that threatens to escalate the sectarian friction that drives many of the bombings and attacks across the country.
Prime Minister Nouri Maliki fired the head of the influential Sunni Endowment after calling for an international investigation into the rape allegations.
The Najaf blast hit while streets were filled with morning shoppers. At least two of the victims were police and the rest civilians, authorities said. It was the first major bombing in months in the city,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, which is heavily guarded by police and al-Sadr’s powerful Mahdi Army militia.
On August 10, a suicide attack near the Imam Ali mosque killed at least 35 people and wounded more than 100.
Najaf is a major Shiite pilgrim destination for its iconic Imam Ali shrine near the city’s huge cemetery – used as a burial place for Shiites throughout the country. It also is headquarters of Shiite spiritual leader Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani and al-Sadr, whose militia engaged in heavy fighting with US forces in the area in 2004.
Government officials marked the first week of a major security sweep in Baghdad by US and Iraqi forces seeking to put death squads and insurgents on the run. But a string of bombings in the Baghdad area – which have claimed more than 100 lives since Sunday – have quietened the early fanfare and highlighted the huge challenges of trying to reclaim control of the blood-soaked capital.
A car bomb in the western Baghdad district of Bayya killed at least two and injured 31,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, police said. The area is mixed between Sunni and Shiites and had been a hotbed of sectarian tensions.
The rape claims by the 20-year-old woman,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, which surfaced on Monday, have sent the political leadership into turmoil.
A statement by Mr Maliki’s office gave no reason for the dismissal of Ahmed Abdul-Ghafour al-Samaraei, who directed the state agency overseeing Sunni mosques and seminaries. But suspicion fell on his harsh criticism of the government’s handling of the rape allegations.
A US Marine was killed in fighting in the volatile Anbar province, the military said today. The Marine was killed yesterday during combat operations in the insurgent stronghold in western Iraq.
Suicide blast kills 11 in Shia holy city You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login
Najaf is the spiritual heartland of the militia factions led by radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
In Baghdad,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, political tremors grew following claims that a Sunni woman was raped while in custody of the Shiite-dominated police – a case that threatens to escalate the sectarian friction that drives many of the bombings and attacks across the country.
Prime Minister Nouri Maliki fired the head of the influential Sunni Endowment after calling for an international investigation into the rape allegations.
The Najaf blast hit while streets were filled with morning shoppers. At least two of the victims were police and the rest civilians, authorities said. It was the first major bombing in months in the city,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, which is heavily guarded by police and al-Sadr’s powerful Mahdi Army militia.
On August 10, a suicide attack near the Imam Ali mosque killed at least 35 people and wounded more than 100.
Najaf is a major Shiite pilgrim destination for its iconic Imam Ali shrine near the city’s huge cemetery – used as a burial place for Shiites throughout the country. It also is headquarters of Shiite spiritual leader Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani and al-Sadr, whose militia engaged in heavy fighting with US forces in the area in 2004.
Government officials marked the first week of a major security sweep in Baghdad by US and Iraqi forces seeking to put death squads and insurgents on the run. But a string of bombings in the Baghdad area – which have claimed more than 100 lives since Sunday – have quietened the early fanfare and highlighted the huge challenges of trying to reclaim control of the blood-soaked capital.
A car bomb in the western Baghdad district of Bayya killed at least two and injured 31,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, police said. The area is mixed between Sunni and Shiites and had been a hotbed of sectarian tensions.
The rape claims by the 20-year-old woman,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, which surfaced on Monday, have sent the political leadership into turmoil.
A statement by Mr Maliki’s office gave no reason for the dismissal of Ahmed Abdul-Ghafour al-Samaraei, who directed the state agency overseeing Sunni mosques and seminaries. But suspicion fell on his harsh criticism of the government’s handling of the rape allegations.
A US Marine was killed in fighting in the volatile Anbar province, the military said today. The Marine was killed yesterday during combat operations in the insurgent stronghold in western Iraq.
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