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November 21, 2004
Raid on Mosque Sparks Battles in Baghdad
Topics: Middle East News and PerspectivesWorldNewsWire
By HAMZA HENDAWI, Associated Press Writer, November 21, 2004, 2:48 PM EST.
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A U.S.-Iraqi raid on the Abu Hanifa mosque -- one of
the most revered sites for Sunni Muslims -- spawned a weekend of street
battles, assassinations and a rash of bombings that changed Baghdad.
The capital, for months a city of unrelenting but sporadic violence,
has taken on the look of a battlefield.
The
chaos has fanned sectarian tension and deepened Sunni distrust of
interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, a Shiite installed by the Americans
five months ago. It has also heightened the anxiety of the city's 6
million people -- already worn down by years of sanctions and tyranny,
then war, military occupation, crime and deprivation......
The
rising tension has prompted many Baghdad parents to keep their children
home from school. College students say many of their classmates never
showed up for Saturday or Sunday classes. In areas hit by violence,
some shops stayed shut. More....
Posted by Hyscience at November 21, 2004 5:08 PM
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