Iraq: Attacks Kill at Least 26 People
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/18/world/middleeast/iraq-attacks-kill-at-least-26-people.html Version 0 of 1. Insurgents unleashed a series of attacks, mainly against Shiite Muslim pilgrims, across Iraq on Thursday, killing at least 26 people and extending a wave of bloodshed into a second day. Nearly 60 people have been killed since Wednesday. The worst attack was near Dujail, 50 miles north of Baghdad, where a pair of car bombs exploded near pilgrims who were walking to a shrine in the town of Samarra. Other attacks were carried out in Karbala, Qassim and Baghdad. |