Shiite-Sunni Violence Kills Over 100 in Iraq Following Bombing of Shrine

(Washington Post) Jonathan Finer and Bassam Sebti - Clashes across Iraq Thursday killed more than 100 people, including several Sunni Arab clerics, and left dozens of Sunni mosques in ruins, a day after bombers destroyed a revered Shiite shrine. 47 people, including Sunnis and Shiites, were forced from their vehicles by gunmen who shot them dead near Baqubah, north of Baghdad.


2006-02-24 00:00:00

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