Mosque Explosion Kills 79 in Iraq

Sectarian Fighting Undermines Efforts to Stabilize Country
By VANESSA ARRINGTON, AP

BAGHDAD, Iraq (April 7) - Suicide bombers - one of whom was dressed as a woman - blasted worshippers as they left a Shiite mosque after Friday prayer services, killing at least 79 people and wounding more than 160 in the deadliest attack in Iraq this year

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The horrific attack at the Buratha mosque, affiliated with the country's main Shiite political party, is likely to further stoke tensions between Shiite and Sunni Muslims. The U.S. ambassador warned that sectarian civil war in Iraq could enflame the entire Middle East.

Police Lt. Col. Falah al-Mohammedawi said the blasts were caused by two suicide attackers, one of who was clad in a black abaya, the full-length robes worn by devout Muslim women. It was unclear whether the attacker was a man wearing women's robes to better conceal the explosives. >>>cont

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