The US military in Iraq says that a deadly car bombing at a Baghdad bus stop was carried out by Shi'ite militiamen and not by Sunni militants loyal to al-Qaida.
The US military said its intelligence indicated that the bombing was carried out by a renegade Shi'ite militia cell in a bid to stop the resettlement of Sunni Arabs in the neighbourhood. The casualty toll from Tuesday's attack Suicide bomber kills 13 in Baghdad attack ...
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al-Maliki claims success against Shiite militants ... in the Shi'ite al-Hurriyah neighbourhood meanwhile has risen to 63 dead and more than 70 wounded. It was the deadliest bombing in the capital since March.
(Deutsche Welle)
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