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                    Bombs Targeting Shi'ites Kill 18 in Iraq

   Iraqi officials say bombs targeting security forces and Shi`ite
   pilgrims have killed at least 18 people.
   The deadliest attack Wednesday happened near the northern city of
   Tikrit where a suicide bomber blew up a vehicle at a police checkpoint.
   The blast killed at least 10 people, including two policemen.
   In Baqouba, north of the capital, Baghdad, three coordinated blasts
   struck a group of Shi`ites observing the annual mourning period known
   as Ashura, killing at least eight people and wounding 10 others.
   The ritual commemorates the seventh-century killing of Imam Hussein, a
   grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, during a battle with rival Muslims.
   There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but
   Sunni Muslim extremists often target Shi`ites participating in
   religious events.
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