Baghdad Anti-Shiite Attacks Kill at Least Seven
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A car bomb and mortar attacks against predominantly Shiite neighborhoods in north Baghdad killed at least seven people Tuesday, security and medical officials said.
Multiple mortars struck the Chikouk area while a car bomb exploded in Shuala, all minutes apart at around 6:45 am (0345 GMT), an interior ministry official said.
The official put the toll from the attacks at nine killed and 12 wounded, while a medical source said seven people died and 22 were hurt. The medic warned that the toll could rise.
Conflicting casualty figures are common in the chaotic aftermath of violence in Iraq.
Both of the neighborhoods are majority Shiite, and Chikouk in particular is home to a camp for internally displaced persons, mostly Shiite Muslims who fled largely Sunni areas during the worst of Iraq's confessional violence in 2006 and 2007.
The attacks come after 12 people were killed in nationwide violence on Saturday, with the deadliest violence then also striking a Shiite area of north Baghdad.
Violence is down sharply across Iraq from its peak in 2006 and 2007, but attacks are still common, especially in Baghdad and Mosul. At least 250 people have been killed as a result of unrest in each of the past four months.
23 October 2012, 18:48
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It has been proven that most insurgents who attacked Siite neighborhoods and shrines were financed and harbored by the Iranian regime and came through Syria. This attack might be another attempt by the Iranian and the Syrian regimes to scare people into accepting them as their sole protectors.
When Assad falls these attacks will probably disappear...
23 October 2012, 19:44
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Youssef... Seriously, who are you trying to kid with that comment?
23 October 2012, 21:33
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The facts are out there, Iran and Syria have harbored and supported many of the Sunni extremists. Even the Iraqi prime minister, Al Maliki, accused in 2009 the Syrians of causing much of the bombings before he was bribed or terrorized into becoming an Iranian pawn.
