Photos: Bombings in Iraq Target Mosques, Killing at Least 23
March 29, 2013
Residents inspect a damaged vehicle at the site of a bomb attack in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, March 29, 2013. Car bombs hit four Shi'ite mosques in the Iraqi capital Baghdad and another in Kirkuk just after prayers on Friday, tearing into crowds of worshippers and killing 17, police and witnesses said. Sunni Islamists linked to al Qaeda's Iraqi wing have stepped up attacks this year and often target Shi'ite sites in a growing sectarian confrontation a decade after the U.S.-led invasion. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed ( IRAQ-VIOLENCE/ )
Security personnel and residents gather around a crater caused by a suicide car bomb attack in Debis, west of Kirkuk March 11, 2013. Three civilians were killed and some 70 others were wounded when a suicide car bomb went off on Monday, west of the ethnically mixed northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, police and hospital sources said. A large number of school pupils were wounded in the attack, which reduced a number of houses to rubble and damaged about ten cars. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed ( IRAQ-KIRKUK/BLAST )
An Iraqi man is comforted at the scene of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 29, 2013. A parked car bomb exploded near the al-Mahdi mosque in the northeastern Binook neighborhood as worshippers were leaving Friday prayers, killing and wounding several, just one of a string of bombings targeting Shiite mosques on Friday, killing and wounding dozens of people, police said.(AP Photo/Karim Kadim) ( Mideast Iraq )
Residents inspect the site of a bomb attack in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, March 29, 2013. Car bombs hit four Shi'ite mosques in the Iraqi capital Baghdad and another in Kirkuk just after prayers on Friday, tearing into crowds of worshippers and killing 17, police and witnesses said. Sunni Islamists linked to al Qaeda's Iraqi wing have stepped up attacks this year and often target Shi'ite sites in a growing sectarian confrontation a decade after the U.S.-led invasion. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed ( IRAQ-VIOLENCE/ )
Security personnel inspect the site of a car bomb attack in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, August 16, 2012. Two car bombs went off simultaneously in Iraq's ethnically mixed oil-rich city of Kirkuk on Thursday, killing three people and wounding 10 others, police and hospital sources said. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed ( IRAQ-BOMB/ )
Iraqi security forces gather at the scene of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 29, 2013. A parked car bomb exploded near the al-Mahdi mosque in the northeastern Binook neighborhood as worshippers were leaving Friday prayers, killing and wounding several, just one of a string of bombings targeting Shiite mosques on Friday, killing and wounding dozens of people, police said.(AP Photo/Karim Kadim) ( Mideast Iraq )
A policeman inspects a damaged vehicle at the site of a bomb attack in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, March 29, 2013. Car bombs hit four Shi'ite mosques in the Iraqi capital Baghdad and another in Kirkuk just after prayers on Friday, tearing into crowds of worshippers and killing 17, police and witnesses said. Sunni Islamists linked to al Qaeda's Iraqi wing have stepped up attacks this year and often target Shi'ite sites in a growing sectarian confrontation a decade after the U.S.-led invasion. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed ( IRAQ-VIOLENCE/ )
Security personnel and residents gather around a crater caused by a suicide car bomb attack in Debis, west of Kirkuk March 11, 2013. Three civilians were killed and some 70 others were wounded when a suicide car bomb went off on Monday, west of the ethnically mixed northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, police and hospital sources said. A large number of school pupils were wounded in the attack, which reduced a number of houses to rubble and damaged about ten cars. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed ( IRAQ-KIRKUK/BLAST )
An Iraqi soldier inspects the site of a suicide car bomb attack in Debis, west of Kirkuk March 11, 2013. Three civilians were killed and some 70 others were wounded when a suicide car bomb went off on Monday, west of the ethnically mixed northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, police and hospital sources said. A large number of school pupils were wounded in the attack, which reduced a number of houses to rubble and damaged about ten cars. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed ( IRAQ-KIRKUK/BLAST )
Civilians and security forces personnel gather at the scene of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 29, 2013. A parked car bomb exploded near the al-Mahdi mosque in the northeastern Binook neighborhood as worshippers were leaving Friday prayers, killing and wounding several, just one of a string of bombings targeting Shiite mosques on Friday, killing and wounding dozens of people, police said.(AP Photo/Karim Kadim) ( Mideast Iraq )
Iraqi soldiers stand next to wreckage of cars, at the site of a suicide car bomb attack in Debis, west of Kirkuk March 11, 2013. Three civilians were killed and some 70 others were wounded when a suicide car bomb went off on Monday, west of the ethnically mixed northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, police and hospital sources said. A large number of school pupils were wounded in the attack, which reduced a number of houses to rubble and damaged about ten cars. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed ( IRAQ/ )
Security personnel and residents gather around a crater caused by a suicide car bomb attack in Debis, west of Kirkuk March 11, 2013. Three civilians were killed and some 70 others were wounded when a suicide car bomb went off on Monday, west of the ethnically mixed northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, police and hospital sources said. A large number of school pupils were wounded in the attack, which reduced a number of houses to rubble and damaged about ten cars. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed ( IRAQ-KIRKUK/BLAST )
A man looks at the site of a bomb attack in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, March 29, 2013. Car bombs hit four Shi'ite mosques in the Iraqi capital Baghdad and another in Kirkuk just after prayers on Friday, tearing into crowds of worshippers and killing 17, police and witnesses said. Sunni Islamists linked to al Qaeda's Iraqi wing have stepped up attacks this year and often target Shi'ite sites in a growing sectarian confrontation a decade after the U.S.-led invasion. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed ( IRAQ-VIOLENCE/ )
A man smokes a cigarette as he sits at the site of a bomb attack in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, March 29, 2013. Car bombs hit four Shi'ite mosques in the Iraqi capital Baghdad and another in Kirkuk just after prayers on Friday, tearing into crowds of worshippers and killing 17, police and witnesses said. Sunni Islamists linked to al Qaeda's Iraqi wing have stepped up attacks this year and often target Shi'ite sites in a growing sectarian confrontation a decade after the U.S.-led invasion. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed ( IRAQ-VIOLENCE/ )
Civilians and security forces personnel gather at the scene of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 29, 2013. A string of bombings targeting Shiite mosques on Friday, killing and wounding dozens of people, police said.(AP Photo/Karim Kadim) ( Mideast Iraq )
Civilians and security forces personnel gather at the scene of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 29, 2013. A parked car bomb exploded near the al-Mahdi mosque in the northeastern Binook neighborhood as worshippers were leaving Friday prayers, killing and wounding several, just one of a string of bombings targeting Shiite mosques on Friday, killing and wounding dozens of people, police said.(AP Photo/Karim Kadim) ( Mideast Iraq )
Civilians and security forces personnel gather at the scene of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 29, 2013. A parked car bomb exploded near the al-Mahdi mosque in the northeastern Binook neighborhood as worshippers were leaving Friday prayers, killing and wounding several, just one of a string of bombings targeting Shiite mosques on Friday, killing and wounding dozens of people, police said.(AP Photo/Karim Kadim) ( Mideast Iraq )
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