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47 killed in suicide attack on mosul mosque { March 10 2005 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/iraq/la-031005mosul_lat,0,7817469.story?coll=la-home-headlines http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/iraq/la-031005mosul_lat,0,7817469.story?coll=la-home-headlines 47 Killed in Suicide Attack on Mosul Mosque By Ashraf Khalil and Monte Morin Times Staff Writers 2:12 PM PST, March 10, 2005 MOSUL, Iraq — A suicide bomber killed at least 47 people here today after setting off his device amid a crowded Shiite funeral. The explosion tore through mourners crowded in a large tent outside the Two Sadr Martyrs mosque in Mosul's Tameem neighborhood about 5:30 p.m. Images broadcast on Arabic television showed a chaotic scene of mourners. Bodies were dragged away, and large bloodstains appeared on the muddy ground outside a wide canvas tent containing rows of plastic chairs. The tent had housed a memorial service for Sayyid Hashem Araji, a prominent religious leader and imam at the Two Sadr Martyrs mosque, who died Monday. Araji was a respected figure in Mosul's Shiite Muslim community. The large number of casualties overwhelmed the medical facilities of Iraq's third-largest city. Through local television stations and mosque loudspeakers, officials solicited emergency blood donations. The bombing comes amid intensive efforts by U.S. and Iraqi military personnel to capture suspected insurgent leaders throughout Mosul. In a series of raids on insurgent homes and meeting places, military commanders said they have killed or captured hundreds of terrorists in the last several months. The efforts, they said, have reduced by nearly half the reported incidents of terrorist activity, and greatly reduced sophisticated attacks designed to cause massive casualties. Consequently, the mosque bombing came somewhat as a surprise. "This wasn't expected, but it wasn't entirely unexpected either," said Capt. Duane Limpert of the 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Stryker Brigade Combat Team. "You can have success after success after success against the insurgency, but it only takes one terrorist success to make a very big deal. "They only need to get it right just once."

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