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20 Jan 2011 12:36

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World: High deathtoll for Shi’ites, police following bombing in Iraq

  • 48+ people killed by bombs targeting Shi’ites, police source
  • » A horribly bloody week in Iraq Following a particularly devastating attack on police recruits in Tekrit, the sectarian bombings and targeting of Shi’ites and Iraqi forces continue. There’s not much that can be said to add significance to this. It’s the definition of terrorism, cold and stark.
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03 Nov 2010 11:02

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World: Baghdad violence: Car bombs rip through Shiite neighborhoods

  • 14 car bombs exploded in Baghdad at various points Tuesday night
  • 50+ people were killed in the blasts, largely in Shiite neighborhoods
  • 300+ people were injured just days after another hugely violent incident source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

01 Feb 2010 09:29

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World: In Iraq, a bunch of Shiites killed during a pilgrimage

  • 41+ were killed by a suicide bomber today, while on a pilgrimage for the Shiite mourning day of Arbaee
  • 122+ were injured in the attack, which happened while they were traveling to the holy city of Karbala source
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27 Dec 2009 09:18

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World: Tehran looks like a war zone in wake of huge protests

The protests took place on an important Shiite Muslim holiday. Opposition Web sites have reported at least three protesters have died. source
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24 Dec 2009 11:20

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World: Shia Muslims targeted in latest round of bombings in Iraq

  • 23+ have been killed in multiple attacks source
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20 Dec 2009 10:54

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World: Iranian reform icon Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri dead at 87

  • Independence is being free of foreign intervention, and freedom is giving people the freedom to express their opinions. Not being put in prison for every protest one utters.
  • Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri • Regarding the rights of people in Iran. Montazeri, a Shiite cleric who didn’t tow the hard-line party line, died today at 87. He moved away from the hard line in the ’80s and later became an icon of the country’s reform movement, the one that made itself very well-known back in June. In other words, he’ll be greatly missed by green-wearing types. source
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20 Jun 2009 13:10

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World: A huge death toll in the wake of a northern Iraq mosque attack

  • 55+ were killed after a truck bomb exploded in front of a mosque
  • 200 were wounded in the attack, the deadliest in two months source
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