Iraq is a battlefield of death again. According to live news update (tv), the Shi'ites were the victims here:
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411319/987536
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Bombs rip apart Baghdad, 88 dead</b>
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Feb 13, 2007
Bombs have laid waste to crowded markets in central Baghdad killing 88 people as Iraqis marked the first anniversary of a Shi'ite shrine bombing that pushed the country to the brink of civil war.
The blasts took place about the time Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, in remarks commemorating the bombing of the Samarra mosque, warned that Iraq had no future unless a US- backed offensive against militants in Baghdad succeeded.
In the deadliest attack, simultaneous blasts pulverised Shorja market, Baghdad's oldest, killing 79 people, destroying vendor stalls and setting ablaze an eight-storey warehouse. Police said 165 people were wounded.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The Interior Ministry spokesman said three suspects had been arrested.
One old woman cursed Maliki's government. "They've killed all our sons. What have they left for us?" she shouted.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Previous attempts to halt bombings and death squad killings in the capital have failed.
Earlier, Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al- Sistani, urged followers not to seek revenge against Sunnis. Sistani said the Samarra bombing, blamed on Sunni militants, had plunged Iraq into a cycle of "blind violence".
Tens of thousands of Iraqis have been killed in a wave of sectarian attacks triggered by the destruction of the Samarra mosque, one of the holiest in Shi'ite Islam. Hundreds of thousands have been displaced to flee sectarian cleansing.
"We call on the believers as they mark this sad occasion and express their feelings ... to exercise maximum levels of restraint and not to do or say anything which would harm our Sunni brothers who are innocent for what happened and who do not accept it," Sistani said in a statement.
The reclusive Sistani, who lives in the holy city of Najaf, is regarded as a voice of moderation. Sistani, who heads the Shi'ite religious establishment, or Marjaiya, has repeatedly urged Shi'ites not to get sucked into sectarian conflict.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411319/987536
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Bombs rip apart Baghdad, 88 dead</b>
 Â
Feb 13, 2007
Bombs have laid waste to crowded markets in central Baghdad killing 88 people as Iraqis marked the first anniversary of a Shi'ite shrine bombing that pushed the country to the brink of civil war.
The blasts took place about the time Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, in remarks commemorating the bombing of the Samarra mosque, warned that Iraq had no future unless a US- backed offensive against militants in Baghdad succeeded.
In the deadliest attack, simultaneous blasts pulverised Shorja market, Baghdad's oldest, killing 79 people, destroying vendor stalls and setting ablaze an eight-storey warehouse. Police said 165 people were wounded.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The Interior Ministry spokesman said three suspects had been arrested.
One old woman cursed Maliki's government. "They've killed all our sons. What have they left for us?" she shouted.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Previous attempts to halt bombings and death squad killings in the capital have failed.
Earlier, Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al- Sistani, urged followers not to seek revenge against Sunnis. Sistani said the Samarra bombing, blamed on Sunni militants, had plunged Iraq into a cycle of "blind violence".
Tens of thousands of Iraqis have been killed in a wave of sectarian attacks triggered by the destruction of the Samarra mosque, one of the holiest in Shi'ite Islam. Hundreds of thousands have been displaced to flee sectarian cleansing.
"We call on the believers as they mark this sad occasion and express their feelings ... to exercise maximum levels of restraint and not to do or say anything which would harm our Sunni brothers who are innocent for what happened and who do not accept it," Sistani said in a statement.
The reclusive Sistani, who lives in the holy city of Najaf, is regarded as a voice of moderation. Sistani, who heads the Shi'ite religious establishment, or Marjaiya, has repeatedly urged Shi'ites not to get sucked into sectarian conflict.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->