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Suicide Bomber Attacks Iraq Mosque; 29 Dead

Attack occurred during prayers; Sunni parliament lawmaker among the victims

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A security guard inspects the damage at Um al-Qura mosque in Baghdad after a suicide bomber blew himself up inside Baghdad’s largest Sunni mosque Sunday night, Aug. 28, 2011, killing dozens during prayers. (Photo credit: Khalid Mohammed / AP)

By Lara Jakes

August 28, 2011

BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber blew himself up inside Baghdad’s largest Sunni mosque Sunday night, killing 29 people during prayers, a shocking strike on a place of worship similar to the one that brought Iraq to the brink of civil war five years ago.

Iraqi security officials said parliament lawmaker Khalid al-Fahdawi, a Sunni, was among the dead in the 9:40 p.m attack. …

That the bomber detonated his explosives vest inside the mosque is particularly alarming, as it is reminiscent of a 2006 attack on a Shiite shrine in the Sunni city of Samarra that fueled widespread sectarian violence and nearly ignited a nationwide civil war. In that strike, Sunni militants planted bombs around the Samarra shrine, destroying its signature gold dome and badly damaging the rest of the structure. …

Full story

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Related reports on this site

Image: Pilgrims walk in front of the famous al-Askari mosque
Pilgrims walk in front of the famous al-Askari mosque in Samarra, Iraq, on Feb. 2, 2004. A car bomb killed eight pilgrims Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011 on the road to one of Iraq’s holiest Shiite shrines, a highly sensitive site still being rebuilt after a 2006 attack that sheered off its gleaming golden dome and engulfed the country in years of sectarian bloodshed. (Photo credit: Khalid Mohammed / AP)

Bloody Mayhem Across Iraq (Aug. 15, 2011)

Baghdad Area Bombings Continue (July 5, 2011)

Deadly Blasts Shatter Calm in Baghdad (June 23, 2011)

Spate of Bombings in Baghdad (April 18, 2011)

Iraq: Many Dead in Tikrit (March 29, 2011)

Iraq: Slaughter in Samarra (Feb. 12, 2011)

Iraq Violence Persists (Feb. 9, 2011)

Wholesale Slaughter in Iraq (Jan. 18, 2011)

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Three Years Ago — August 28, 2008

Campaign Against Michele Bachmann: Day 45

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