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Byline: Liz Sly
BAGHDAD, Iraq _ Insurgents intent on disrupting Iraq's election turned their firepower against Iraq's Shiite community Friday, killing at least 22 in suicide bombings targeting a mosque and a wedding party.
In what appeared to be a deliberate attempt to inflame sectarian tensions ahead of the poll, a suicide bomber rammed into a Shiite mosque in a Sunni neighborhood of southwestern Baghdad, killing 15 people and wounding more than 40, according to a spokesman at Baghdad's Yarmuk hospital.
The bombing at the Shuhada al Taf mosque coincided with Shiite celebrations for the first day of the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday, and most of the dead were worshipers leaving the mosque after attending special holiday services.
Sunnis had celebrated the ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Iraq's Shiite community targeted in deadly attacks.