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February 16, 2009

At Least 8 Killed in Baghdad Minibus Bombings
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Two roadside bombs targeted minibuses in Baghdad's predominantly Shi'ite
Sadr City and Kamaliya district 
Um Mohammed sits next to her son who was wounded in Sadr City, Baghdad,
16 Feb 2009Iraqi police say roadside bombs in Shi'ite areas of Baghdad
have killed eight people and wounded 24 others. Officials say one bomb
hit a minibus in the Sadr City district Monday, killing four and
wounding 11. Another roadside bomb a few hours later blasted a minibus
in Kamaliya, killing four and wounding 13. The driver of the bus in
Kamaliya said the passengers were on their way home from Arbain, an
annual pilgrimage that attracts hundreds of thousands of Shi'ite Muslims
to the southern Iraqi city of Karbala. Shi'ites heading to Karbala were
attacked several times last week in bombings that killed at least 60
people. Some Sunni Islamist groups regard Shi'ites as heretics, and have
attacked Iraqi Shi'ite pilgrims in the past. Some information for this
report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.


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