AP Bomb strike at Baghdad mosque kills 14 (Sunni mosque)

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060714/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq;_ylt=AnTREk.Qs4LIQkS3gDJxKGSs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3OTB1amhuBHNlYwNtdHM-
Bomb strike at Baghdad mosque kills 14

By QAIS AL-BASHIR, Associated Press Writer 51 minutes ago

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A bomb exploded at a Sunni mosque in Baghdad after Friday prayers, killing 14 people and wounding five, while mortars barraged a Shiite mosque north of the capital.


The Sunni mosque attack occurred about 2 p.m. as worshippers were leaving after religious services in northern Baghdad, police Lt. Mohammed Khayoun said, adding that the bomb was planted near the door. Maj. Khalil Ibrahim later said 14 people were killed and five were wounded.

Earlier Friday, five mortar rounds fell near the Shiite Imam al-Hussein mosque in Balad Ruz, 45 miles northeast of Baghdad, killing two people and wounding six, provincial police said.

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1. In other violence Friday:

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In other violence Friday:

_Gunmen attacked an Iraqi army checkpoint on a highway near Kirkuk, killing 11 soldiers and wounding three.

_A taxi driver was killed in a drive-by shooting in the volatile Dora neighborhood in southern Baghdad.

_Gunmen in southeastern Baghdad opened fire on a minivan carrying passengers to the Shiite holy city of Karbala, killing five, including a woman and a child.

_Gunmen opened fire on a minivan in western Baghdad, wounding three passengers.

_An unidentified body dressed in traditional Arab clothing and showing signs of torture was found shot in the chest in Aziziyah, 35 miles southeast of Baghdad.

_A Sunni policeman was shot to death in front of his home in Mosul, while gunmen in a car killed the bodyguard of a judge elsewhere in the northern city, Col. Abdul-Karim al-Jibouri said.

Iraq's national wrestling team withdrew from a tournament in the United Arab Emirates on Friday after its coach was killed in an attack in Baghdad, sports reporter Sagban al-Rubaie said, acting as a spokesman for the team.

The Sunni coach, Mohammed Karim Abid Sahib, was seized with one of his wrestlers as they left the sports center to buy some sweets in the northern neighborhood of Kazamiyah, where the team was preparing for the tournament.

He was shot to death while trying to escape; the other wrestler got away, according to police and wrestling officials. ...........

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2. I never imagined anything that would knock the daily violence

of Iraq off the front page, but it's happened. Horrible days ahead for all. :(