The New York Times reports today:
At least 66 people were killed in bomb blasts in Iraq on Friday, officials said, making it one of the bloodiest days this year as the country struggles to contain spiraling sectarian violence.
Two bombs exploded in Baquba, the capital of Diyala Province, a turbulent region whose population is a mix of Sunni and Shiite Muslims. One of the bombs exploded at the edge of a bridge near a Sunni mosque where worshipers had gathered for Friday Prayer. Within minutes, after a crowd of people ran to help the wounded, another bomb exploded in their midst. Officials said 40 people were killed and 46 were wounded in the two blasts.
So this is more of the Sunni-Shiite civil war -- it is not about American troops, and it is the same pattern of hundreds such incidents which make up the bulk of the killing of civilians in Iraq even the US troops were there: terrorists attacking civilians at marketplaces, schools, job lines, mosques, homes.
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