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| Suicide bombing at Iraqi mosque | Suicide bombing at Iraqi mosque |
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| A suicide bomber has killed nine people and wounded 15 in an attack on a Shia mosque during Friday prayers, Iraqi police say. | |
| Reports say the bombing took place in the town of Musayib, 80km (50 miles) south of the capital, Baghdad. | Reports say the bombing took place in the town of Musayib, 80km (50 miles) south of the capital, Baghdad. |
| The attack comes a day after the Iraqi parliament backed a deal regulating the future presence of US troops. | The attack comes a day after the Iraqi parliament backed a deal regulating the future presence of US troops. |
| Under the agreement, US troops will leave Iraqi streets by mid-2009 and quit Iraq entirely by the end of 2011. | Under the agreement, US troops will leave Iraqi streets by mid-2009 and quit Iraq entirely by the end of 2011. |
| The security pact was strongly opposed by followers of the Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr who has reported to have declared three days of mourning after the vote. | |
| Levels of violence in Iraq have fallen to a four-year low, but bombings continue on an almost daily basis. | Levels of violence in Iraq have fallen to a four-year low, but bombings continue on an almost daily basis. |