At least 35 killed in attack on Shi'ite mausoleum north of Baghdad

[Eugene]

Last edited Fri Jul 8, 2016, 01:30 PM - Edit history (2)

Source: Reuters

Islamic State claimed a triple suicide attack on Thursday evening near a Shi'ite mausoleum north of Baghdad, which killed at least 35 people and wounded 60 others, according to Iraqi security sources.

The attack on the Mausoleum of Sayid Mohammed bin Ali al-Hadi reignited fears of an escalation of the sectarian strife between Iraq's Shi'ites and Sunnis.

The Shi'ite form a majority in Iraq but Sunnis are predominant in northern and western provinces, including Salahuddin where the mausoleum is located.

Prominent Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr ordered his militia, the Peace Brigade, to deploy around the mausoleum, near Balad, about 93 kilometers (58 miles) north of Baghdad.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-security-idUSKCN0ZN2LC

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World | Thu Jul 7, 2016 8:21pm EDT

EDIT article updated at link

Original Reuters headline: At least 20 killed in attack on Shi'ite mausoleum north of Baghdad: sources

UPDATE: Balad suicide attack: at least 40 killed at Shia sacred site north of Baghdad (The Guardian)

[maxsolomon]

1. ISIL/the Sunnis are trying to provoke a Sectarian War

How much longer will the Shiia take this? They've been surprisingly quiet in the face of these horrors.

[romanic]

2. Until Iran develops a nuclear weapon.

[maxsolomon]

3. Moktada Al-Sadr won't wait till then

And you can't separate the wheat from the chaff with a nuke.

the Sunnis & ISIL want a bloody partition where they drive the Shiia Apostates out of any mixed cities. like what they're probably doing in Mosul right now.

[bdwker]

4. Add this to list...of murder.