Iraqi Shiite worshippers attacked, 3 die

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Source: AP

BAGHDAD - Two suicide bombers, one apparently armed with a grenade as well as an explosive vest, killed at least three people and wounded 17 as worshippers left a Shiite mosque after Friday prayers in the northwestern city of Tal Afar.

The explosions came on a day when the U.S. military and Iraqis were at odds over who was killed in a raid earlier this week, also in this country's restive north. The Americans and their Iraqi allies are pushing to take control of the region, where insurgent fighters are making a stand with their influence diminished in Baghdad and other areas.

The suicide bombers struck the Sheik Juwad mosque in Tal Afar, about 260 miles northwest of Baghdad

The first bomber "threw a grenade on worshippers before he blew himself up," said the city's mayor, Maj. Gen. Najim Abdullah. A few minutes later, the second attacker ran toward people scrambling in the aftermath of the first explosion. "But police opened fire on him before he reached the people," the mayor said.



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