Shiite Mosque attacked



Unknown assailants razed a Shiite mosque in Baghdad on Wednesday.

According to local eyewitnesses, the act was revenge for the bombing of a

Sunni mosque on Tuesday, which killed 4 persons. The caretaker of the

Shiite mosque maintained that the attackers had come from the funeral

procession for those killed at the Sunni mosque. (al-Hayat).



For background see Nicholas Blanford in the CSM.