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sectarian violence stories: 43 news summaries

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 Baghdad 
 Car Bombs 
 Kill at Least 136 

Twin explosions detonate near key ministries during rush hour

Oct 25, 09 8:16 AM CDT
(AP) - Two powerful car bombs exploded in downtown Baghdad today, killing at least 136 people and wounding nearly 600 in an apparent attempt to target the fragile city's government offices, Iraqi authorities said. The blasts went off less than a minute apart near two prominent government institutions—the Ministry of Justice... More »

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Iraq • sectarian violence • Baghdad • Iraq security

(Newser) - Iraq was rocked by two deadly, possibly destabilizing bombings this weekend, but the proof is in the reprisals, Larry Kaplow writes in Newsweek—and there were none. “Iraq today is a different place than it was when ethnic conflict threatened to engulf the country in 2006,” Kaplow... More »

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Iraq • sectarian violence • Sunni • Shiite • Nouri al-Maliki • bombing • Muqtada al-Sadr • reprisal

(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... More »

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Iraq • sectarian violence • Baghdad • bombing • car bomb • Mosul • Iraq war

 Pakistan Muslims 
 Torch Christian 
 Houses; 6 Dead 

Crowd avenges alleged Koran desecration

Aug 2, 09 9:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Six people are dead after Muslim protesters torched houses in a Christian neighborhood of Pakistan’s Gojra City yesterday, CNN reports. The demonstrators, who were protesting an alleged desecration of the Koran at a Christian wedding last weekend, set fire to between 40 and 50 houses. A crowd burned 15... More »

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Islam • Pakistan • sectarian violence • Muslim • Koran • Christians

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 Suicide Bomb Kills 50 in Iraq 

Blast at Shia mosque occurs hours after PM's warning

Jun 20, 09 10:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - At least 50 people were killed in Iraq today when a truck bomb detonated near a crowd of worshipers leaving a Shiite mosque near Kirkuk, Reuters reports. The bombing occurred only hours after Nouri al-Maliki warned the country that terrorist violence may increase as the planned June 30 withdrawal of... More »

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Iraq • terrorism • sectarian violence • Shiite • Nouri al-Maliki • US military • suicide bombing • troop withdrawal • al-Qaeda

 Racist Attacks Target 
 Romanians in Belfast 

Immigrants to Northern Irish capital fear for lives

Jun 17, 09 7:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - More than 100 Romanian immigrants in the Northern Ireland capital of Belfast have been moved into a shelter after a series of racist attacks on their homes. A Protestant paramilitary group is suspected of orchestrating the violence, which has included bricks thrown through windows and death threats against a baby.... More »

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immigration • sectarian violence • Northern Ireland • racism • Romania • Belfast

 Fear Returns to Baghdad 


May 2, 09 4:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - The recent spate of violence in Iraq may pale in comparison to the relentless suicide bombings of 2006, but Baghdad is beginning to hunker down in fear again, the Los Angeles Times reports. Residents are curtailing their public activities, checking in with each other more often to make sure family... More »

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Iraq • sectarian violence • Shiite • Baghdad • US military • suicide bombing • troop withdrawal • Iraq Civil War • casualties

20 Dead in Pakistan
Mosque Blast

Suicide bomber strikes annual religious event

Apr 5, 09 6:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - At least 20 people were killed in a suicide bombing early this morning at a Pakistani mosque, reports CNN. The blast tore through a crowd at the mosque's front gate as worshipers gathered for an annual event in the Punjab province. Sectarian violence has been mounting in the Punjab in... More »

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Pakistan • sectarian violence • suicide bombing • mosque

updated

 'Real IRA' Claims 
 It Killed 2 UK Soldiers 

Prime minister rips 'evil, cowardly' ambush

Mar 8, 09 6:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - An organization called "The Real IRA" claimed responsibility today for killing two British soldiers at a Northern Ireland army base, the Independent reports. Four other people, including two pizza delivery men, were seriously wounded in the drive-by ambush, reports the Times of London. The attack occurred just miles... More »

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sectarian violence • Northern Ireland • IRA • Belfast • mass shootings • ambush • troops

 Former Iraqi PM: 
 Bush an 'Utter Failure' 

Allawi had been appointed by US after Saddam's fall

Jan 3, 09 4:20 PM CST
(Newser) - The Iraqi prime minister installed by Washington after the fall of Saddam Hussein has blasted President Bush’s policies as an “utter failure,” Reuters reports. In an interview with an Arab newspaper, Iyad Allawi said Bush’s “insistence on names like ‘democracy’ and ‘open elections,... More »

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Iraq • Saddam Hussein • sectarian violence • Nouri al-Maliki • democracy • Iyad Allawi • free elections • George W. Bush

 Sunni-Shiite Tensions
 Rattle Baghdad Nabes


Displaced Shiites fearful of returning to homes surrounded by Sunnis

Aug 24, 08 7:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sectarian violence in Iraq may be on the wane, but bitter tension between Sunnis and Shiites continue to tear apart neighborhoods, the New York Times reports. Only 7,112 of the 151,000 families who left Baghdad to escape the bloodshed have returned, and poor rural Sunnis have moved into... More »

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Iraq • sectarian violence • Baghdad • Iraq violence

 Pakistan Hospital Bomb Kills 23

Shia mourners killed in volatile northwest province

Aug 19, 08 7:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Twenty-three people died today and another 20 were wounded in a suspected suicide bomb attack in a Pakistani hospital. The blast took place in the North West Frontier Province, the highly volatile region bordering Afghanistan. The explosion took place as Shia Muslims were mourning the death of a leader, who... More »

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Pakistan • sectarian violence • suicide bomber • suicide bombing • Shia • hospital • North West Frontier Province • Shiite militants

 Booze Flows in Baghdad 

Despite security risks, business is booming

Jul 2, 08 11:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iraq may be a war-torn nation with deep-seated sectarian divisions, but things are picking up for a certain thirsty segment of the population. That’s right: booze is flowing again in Baghdad, McClatchy Newspapers reports. Though a predominantly Muslim nation, Iraq, even under Saddam Hussein, permitted any citizen to sip,... More »

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Iraq • retail • sectarian violence • prohibition • alcohol • Muslim • liquor

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 Lebanon Condemns
 'Armed Coup' 

Hezbollah doing bidding of Syria, Iran in Beirut firestorm, government claims

May 9, 08 1:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hezbollah’s takeover of Beirut is nothing less than an “armed coup,” Lebanon’s ruling party said today. “The armed and bloody coup which is being implemented aims to return Syria to Lebanon and extend Iran's reach to the Mediterranean,” one official in the US-backed government... More »

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Iran • Lebanon • Syria • sectarian violence • Hezbollah • Beirut • Shiite militia

 Hezbollah Seizes Muslim Beirut 

Major blow to US-backed government

May 9, 08 6:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hezbollah militants have taken control of Muslim areas of Beirut and now control all the roads to the Lebanese capital's airport, Reuters reports. Gunmen forced a pro-government TV station off the air. At least 11 people have been killed, including those trying to flee the city, as sectarian violence continued... More »

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Lebanon • sectarian violence • Hezbollah • Beirut • Saad al-Hariri • Hassan Nasrallah

 Hezbollah Chief:
 Beirut 'War Has Started' 

Open violence rattles streets a second day

May 8, 08 3:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - What began as a strike yesterday is now “open war” in Lebanon, according to Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, CNN reports. Open violence continued for a second day today, with loyalists and opposition fighters clashing after the US-backed government tried to muscle through measures against Hezbollah on Monday, including a... More »

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Iran • Lebanon • Syria • sectarian violence • Hezbollah • civil war • Fouad Siniora • Saad al-Hariri • Hassan Nasrallah

Information Age an Uneasy Time in Baghdad

City residents free to surf the Web but scared to leave their homes

Mar 19, 08 9:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - The electronics business is booming in Baghdad five years after the US-led invasion toppled Saddam Hussein's regime, the LA Times reports. Repressive controls on foreign TV and Internet access are gone and shoppers are free to buy DVDs of the latest Hollywood movies—but too often, they are investing in... More »

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Iraq • Saddam Hussein • sectarian violence • Baghdad • Internet access • religious violence

Attacks on Shiite Pilgrims Jeopardize Sadr Ceasefire

Bombings continue with wheelchair attack

Feb 25, 08 10:58 AM CST
(Newser) - A wave of violence against Shiite pilgrims continued today, with at least seven dying in a pair of roadside bombings, and nerves fraying over an unpopular ceasefire. Shiites are observing one of their most sacred holidays despite a spate of attacks—today's plus at least three yesterday—that are straining... More »

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Iraq • sectarian violence • Shiite • Sunnis • ceasefire • Arbaeen • pilgrimage • Muqtada al-Sadr

Kite Runner Kids Flee Country

Filmmakers feared reprisals against Afghan actors in controversial scene

Dec 4, 07 2:26 PM CST
(Newser) - Four child stars of the upcoming movie The Kite Runner have been whisked out of their native Afghanistan to protect them from possible backlash over a rape scene in the movie, the Guardian reports. Paramount Pictures helped relocate the boys to the United Arab Emirates after months of worry and... More »

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Afghanistan • sectarian violence • rape • Kite Runner • Khaled Hosseini • actor • movies

Petraeus Says
al Qaeda Losing Baghdad Grip

But still dangerous enough to abduct 10 opposition sheiks today

Oct 28, 07 4:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Al Qaeda is losing ground in Baghdad, Gen. David Petraeus said today, even as the group showed its fangs by abducting 10 opposition tribal leaders. “Its presence has been significantly reduced,” Petraeus said, but cautioned that al Qaeda was still “dangerous and very lethal.” Gunmen, meanwhile,... More »

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Iraq • sectarian violence • David Petraeus • al-Qaeda in Iraq

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