"Iraq bombing kills 12 after security pact approved; 23 injured in explosion near mosque" by Sudarsan Raghavan, Washington Post | November 29, 2008
BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber detonated explosives outside a Shi'ite mosque south of Baghdad yesterday, police said, killing at least 12 people and injuring 23 a day after Iraqi lawmakers approved a security pact to extend the US military presence in Iraq.
The attack in Musayyib, 40 miles south of the capital, occurred as people were gathered outside the mosque before the start of prayers, witnesses and police said. The mosque is run by loyalists of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr....
After the prayers, the several hundred worshipers had planned to march in protest against the security agreement....
The STENCH just KEEPS GETTING STRONGER! CUI BONO?
Sadr issued a statement through his key aides yesterday calling for three days of mourning and peaceful demonstrations against the pact. No group asserted responsibility for the bombing, but suicide attacks are typically the trademark of Sunni extremists....
And that is about all the propaganda I care to read.
Please see Occupation Iraq: Bombing Just in Time and related links.
