Iraq attacks on Shiite pilgrims kill 16
 

https://s3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/H...6147d210db.jpgA ****** of bombings targeting Shiite pilgrims, including by a suicide attacker disguised as a woman, killed 16 people in Baghdad Thursday despite heavy security across the capital. The blasts are the latest in a protracted surge of nationwide bloodshed that has left more than 3,600 people dead this year, fuelling fears Iraq is slipping back into the brutal communal bloodshed that blighted the country in 2006 and 2007. Three blasts -- two suicide bombings and a vehicle rigged with explosives -- targeted pilgrims who were preparing for commemorations for a revered figure in Shiite Islam. A**ther suicide attacker detonated a car bomb in Baab al-Sharji, central Baghdad, killing three more, while a vehicle rigged with explosives in the **rthern neighbourhood of Urr left five dead.




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