Explosion Near Shiite Mosque After Friday Prayers Kills at Least Two, Wounds Dozens
Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › January 09, 2004
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BAQOUBA, Iraq -- An explosion ripped through a busy street Friday as worshippers streamed out of a Shiite Muslim mosque after midday prayers in the central town of Baqouba, killing at least two people and wounding dozens of others, doctors and officials said.
In Saddam Hussein's hometown, Tikrit, some 300 U.S. soldiers swept through the city overnight, detaining 30 Iraqis -- including a dozen suspected insurgents -- in one of the biggest raids since the end of the American-led war to oust Saddam.See the full content of this document
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Explosion Near Shiite Mosque After Friday Prayers Kills at Least Two, Wounds Dozens
In Baghdad on Friday, rockets struck a hotel used by Western contract workers, shattering windows but causing no casualties.
Attacks on Shiite and Sunni Muslim mosques have increased in recent weeks, raising tensions between the two communities as they compete for influence in post-...See the full content of this document
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