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Suicide Bomber Attacks Shiite Shrine in Iraq

By PBS News Hour

A suicide attacker detonated his explosives outside a Shiite shrine in Najaf, Iraq, Thursday, killing at least 35 people and injuring at least 122, the Iraqi army said.

Scores Killed in Mosque, Hotel Attacks in Iraq

By PBS News Hour

Suicide bombers destroyed two Shiite mosques in Iraq near the Iranian border Friday, killing at least 74 people, while a pair of car bombs struck a Baghdad hotel housing Western journalists, leaving eight Iraqis dead.

Suicide Bomber Strikes Mosque in Mosul

By PBS News Hour

A suicide bomber blew himself up at a Shiite mosque during a funeral in the northern city of Mosul on Thursday, killing at least 47 people and injuring more than 100.

Mosque in Fallujah Hit As Fighting Spreads in Iraq

U.S. Marines fired rockets into a mosque compound in Fallujah Wednesday, killing at least 40 people, witnesses said, in day three of the campaign to root out militants in the Sunni Muslim stronghold.

U.S. Accuses Iraq of Using Mosque As Military Base

U.S. forces in the central city of Najaf have reportedly come under Iraqi fire from the Ali Mosque, one of the most sacred Shiite Muslim sites in the world.