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Holiday Blasts Kill 19 Iraqis Near Shia Sites

Posted Oct 2, 08 7:55 AM CDT in World 

(AP) – Suicide bombers targeted Shia worshipers as they left morning prayers today at two Baghdad mosques, killing 19 people and injuring 50, police say. In a separate attack, gunmen fatally shot six people as they traveled in a minibus 60 miles north of Baghdad. Attacks on Shia civilians are widely associated with Sunni extremists hoping to reignite sectarian conflict.

The bombings in Baghdad occurred as worshipers celebrated the holiday of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. In the deadliest attack, a suicide car bomber in a white Mercedes sedan detonated his explosives 20 yards from a mosque in southeastern Baghdad after being stopped by Iraqi soldiers. He killed 14 and injured 28.

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People pass a blood stained wall on the site of a road side bomb attack in eastern Baghdad today.   (Hadi Mizban)
Men pray on the first day of Eid for Shiites in Karbala, Iraq, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008. Eid Al-Fitr, which celebrates the end of Ramadan, is the most important date in the Muslim calendar.   (AP Photo/Ahmed Alhussainey)
People stand on the site of a road side bomb attack in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008. The bomb killed four people as worshipers were leaving the Rasoul mosque Thursday.   (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Five-year-old Hibba Adnan is comforted by her mother in a hospital in Baghdad Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008. Hibba was wounded in a blast that targeted Shiite worshipers.   (AP Photo)
Jalil Ibrahim, 18, is helped by a medic in a hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008. Ibrahim was wounded in a blast targeting Shiite worshipers leaving a mosque.   (AP Photo)
Men pray on the first day of Eid for Shiites in Karbala, Iraq, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008. Eid Al-Fitr, which celebrates the end of Ramadan, is the most important date in the Muslim calendar.   (AP Photo/Ahmed Alhussainey)
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