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/ 16 October 2006
The unremitting wave of sectarian violence that has greeted the Muslim holy month of Ramadan claimed scores more Iraqi lives at the weekend, as authorities in Baghdad announced the indefinite postponement of a conference of political leaders seen as crucial to quickly diminishing hopes for national reconciliation.
Iraq is on the verge of breaking up along religious, ethnic and tribal lines — a process bloodily amplified by the Shia versus Sunni violence in the wake the recent bomb attack on the gold-domed shrine in Samarra, the International Crisis Group says in a report.
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/ 10 September 2003
A suicide car bomber has struck the United States intelligence headquarters in Irbil, Iraq, a Kurdish security official said on Wednesday. Three Iraqis were killed, including a 12-year-old boy, and six Americans were wounded.