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Dozens Killed in New Wave of Iraq Bombings

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 10, 2009 3:13 AM CDT

(Newser) – A series of bomb attacks in Baghdad and Mosul killed at least 41 people today and raised fears of a new upsurge in sectarian violence, the BBC reports. In Mosul, where an attack on a Shia mosque killed 40 people Friday, a double truck bomb killed 25 people in a Shia community.  In Baghdad, construction workers were targeted with a pair of bombs that killed at least seven. Iraqis are reportedly losing faith in the government's ability to protect them under the new security deal.

Iraqi policemen stand guard as rescue services dig through the rubble of a bombing site at the village of Rasheediya near Mosul that killed 40 people at a mosque.
Iraqi policemen stand guard as rescue services dig through the rubble of a bombing site at the village of Rasheediya near Mosul that killed 40 people at a mosque.   (AP Photo)
A man looks at a destroyed vehicle after a bombing near a Christian church and a mosque in Mosul.
A man looks at a destroyed vehicle after a bombing near a Christian church and a mosque in Mosul.   (AP Photo)
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I blame everyone who wants to divide Iraq, and every sectarian official shoulders responsibility for this crime. - Nineveh provincial official Qusay Abbas

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