Iraqi Shi'ite Militia Open Fire on Sunni Mosque

Shi'ite militia on Friday bombed, then opened fire on, a Sunni mosque northeast of Baghdad, killing dozens of people as they attended their weekly prayers. The attack, which killed at least 60 people, likely will complicate efforts by the majority Shi'ite government of Iraq to bridge increasingly bloody sectarian divisions in the country. Prime Minister-designate Haider al-Abadi is trying to unify Iraq's fractured Sunni, Shi'ite and Kurdish populations to confront...

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