Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: civil war, Iraq, Sadr City, Shia, Shiite, Sunnis
The bombers choice of Sadr City as a target appeared designed to cause as much rage among Iraq’s Shia majority as possible.
The district, home to more than 3m Shias, is one of the most sensitive in the country, providing many of the recruits that have served in radical militias like the Mahdi Army of Moqtada al-Sadr, the firebrand Shia cleric.
via Wave of bombings across Iraq leaves more than 70 dead – Telegraph.
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