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Iraqi Sectarian Violence Grows After Shiite Shrine Attack

By PBS News Hour

More than 130 people were killed in sectarian violence across Iraq Thursday, as Shiites retaliated for Wednesday's bombing of the Golden Mosque in Samarra, Iraq.

Shiite Party Narrowly Votes to Retain Iraqi Prime Minister

By PBS News Hour

The leading Shiite alliance party voted to retain moderate Islamist Ibrahim al-Jaafari as Iraq's prime minister, but the one-vote margin exposed deep differences within the leading political party over the direction of the new Iraqi parliament.

Shiite Group Picks al-Jaafari As Prime Minister

By PBS News Hour

The Shiite Muslim coalition that represents the largest voting bloc in Iraq's newly elected national assembly has chosen current interim Vice President Ibrahim al-Jaafari as its candidate for prime minister.

String of Bombings Kills Dozens Ahead of Shiite Holiday

By PBS News Hour

A series of explosions at Shiite mosques and a religious procession in Iraq Friday killed more than 35 people and injured dozens more during events marking the eve of Ashoura, the holiest day of the year for Shiites.

Suicide Bomber Kills At Least 13 Outside Shiite Party Office

By PBS News Hour

A suicide bomber struck outside the home of Iraq's biggest political party Monday, killing at least 13 and wounding some 50 more.

Soldiers Battle Shiites in Najaf; Bomber Kills Six in Baghdad

By PBS News Hour

As the United States launched a new assault against Shiite forces near Najaf Thursday, a suicide bomber killed one U.S. soldier and five Iraqi civilians in a brazen attack on the heavily fortified safe zone in Baghdad.

Closure of Shiite Newspaper in Baghdad Sparks Protests

U.S. troops on Sunday temporarily closed a popular Baghdad newspaper after coalition authorities accused the Shiite Muslim weekly of printing lies that incited violence.

Attacks Kill Worshippers At Shiite Religious Ceremonies

A series of coordinated suicide attacks and mortars killed at least 145 people and wounded hundreds of others at major Shiite Muslim shrines in the Iraqi cities of Baghdad and Karbala Tuesday.

Two U.S. Soldiers Killed in Baghdad Shiite District

Violence continued in Baghdad's Sadr City Thursday night, when two U.S. soldiers were killed and four wounded in an ambush during a routine patrol of the heavily populated Shiite district, U.S. military officials said Friday.

Iraqi Muslims Demand U.S. Withdrawal

Thousands of Shiite Muslims protested in Baghdad Monday, demanding the withdrawal of U.S. forces and the establishment of an Iraqi government.